Cloudy with light rain today and tonight, drying out the rest of the week
Bend, Ore (KTVZ) – Rainy pattern tapers off giving way to a milder and drier pattern the rest of the week. The Atomospheric River has ushered in a steady stream of light rain today that will continue into the evening. The steady part is expected to end, but periods of light rain and high-level snow continues.
Over the past 24 hours the steady component to the rainfall has yielded over a quarter to nearly an inch of rain. Here are some of the totals as of noon Tuesday:
Sunriver: 0.98”
La Pine: 0.72”
Sisters: 0.55”
Prineville: 0.46”
Redmond: 0.38”
Bend: 0.20”
Moving forward the area will still be in line for the light rain, but the Atomospheric River is drying out and moving south. The end result will be partial clearing tonight and partly cloudy skies Wednesday.
High temperatures Wednesday will be right about where we should be as we close out the month of February. Normal for this time of year in Bend is 47°, which is what I am forecasting.
The rest of the week will be mostly sunny and mild with a feel of spring in the region. The highs on Thursday will top out in the middle 50s under mostly sunny skies. Friday looks to be slightly warmer with highs in the upper 50s.
South of the Tri-Counties over the weekend will be some spotty showers, but generally in central Lake and Klamath Counties. In our viewing area I expect to see only partly cloudy skies to mostly cloudy skies Deschutes County while Jefferson and Crook should see more sunshine than clouds.
Sunday is the beginning of the meteorological spring, the period of March, April, and May. These months indicate the official record keeping months for what we define as Spring due to the consistency of the dates. The Astronomical Spring begins this year on March 20th, at 7:46 am pacific time, the Vernal Equinox. That is when the direct rays of the sun are over the Equator, equal daylight and darkness.
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