Today 8/2 -
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Today's weather summary -
A deep marine push brought cooler temperatures last night and early this morning. There are low clouds in the Willamette Valley, the entire Umpqua Basin, and against the Cascades and Siskiyous. Pretty rare to see marine air mass low clouds in the valleys of Jackson and Josephine Counties at this time of the year...but that is just what happened. The low clouds are not long for the world today as a drier air mass quickly takes over. That marine air layer provided real benefits to fire fighters on the I 5 MM 57 Fire near Grants Pass, and also on the Castle Fire in the Cascades in eastern Douglas County.
Winds turning to the north and northeast over the coast ranges and in northwestern California will actually allow those areas to warm up compared to yesterday. This includes coastal areas near Brookings which should be up around 80F for a high today. Most of the remainder of the forecast area will be near or even a few degrees cooler than yesterday. The drying air mass also sets up a real possibility of frost in some areas east of the Cascades tonight. No, I am not kidding.
The winds today will peak at 20 to 30 miles an hour. But, on the headlands near Cape Blanco, could see them as high as 40 miles an hour. The winds combining with low humidity east of the Cascades will keep concern high about fires and the impact conditions could have on them. But, NO Red Flag Warnings today.
Temps today will line out like this.....
The coastal areas will be in the mid 60s to the low 70s everywhere.....except into the low 80s in the Brookings Harbor area with a Chetco Effect going.
Look to see mid 70s to near 80, in Benton, Lane, and Linn Counties.
Low 80s to near 90 in Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, and western Siskiyou County, except locally in the low 90s in the Happy Camp area.
Upper 70s to the upper 80s east of the Cascades....except near 90 in Modoc County.
Lows tonight will be in the upper 40s to the upper 50s in all areas west of the Cascades.
Near 40 to near 50 generally east of the Cascades. Except, low to mid 30s in the southern end of Deschutes County, and northern portions of Klamath and Lake Counties. Patchy areas of frost could develop in those areas tomorrow morning. Gardens will need protection.
