Portland’s first full work week of 2025 kicks off Monday with a drying pattern courtesy of a ridge of excessive strain anticipated to construct throughout the Pacific Northwest and linger into the latter a part of the week.
The Nationwide Climate Service says the ridge is prone to dominate climate patterns via at the very least Thursday afternoon or Friday morning bringing dry skies and seasonally common temperatures into the early a part of January.
The weekend’s rain has moved east of the Cascades as of early Monday, and it’s doable some fog will construct into the metro space to kick off the morning commute. A fast examine of site visitors cameras as of 5:30 a.m. didn’t present any metro space fog.
As soon as any fog or low clouds clear, Portland ought to see a principally sunny Monday with a excessive temp of about 53 levels.
The early portion of the week appears a lot the identical with partly sunny skies each Tuesday and Wednesday, and excessive temps within the higher 40s or low 50s.
Prolonged forecasts present one other dry day Thursday with principally sunny skies and a excessive close to 51, however the subsequent main system trying to affect our area strikes in later Thursday. A collection of fronts is predicted to maneuver southward from the Alaskan Panhandle dragging rain and cooler temps with it.
The timing of the fronts remains to be unsure, however most forecast fashions agree rain will transfer again into western Oregon by Friday.
