All Good

Up here in Portland, what was looking, three or four days ago, to be a significant stretch of glorious spring with sunshine from Saturday through Wednesday has shrunk to almost nothing, nothing but the same old same old. Only Sunday remains free of rain. Didn't I mention the way that happens with our forecasts? The Amazing Disappearing Lovely Outlook. A similar phenomenon occurs in the winter, but then it generally works like this: Breathless forecasts of copious snow disintegrate into a dull, cold reality of scattered flakes in the hills and rain on the valley floor.

Anyway, Eugene's location 110 miles south is keeping the window of benign weather open a little longer and there seems no doubt it will be PRETTY DARN NICE WEATHER FOR THE RACE ON SUNDAY. Did you hear that? Pretty darn nice weather for the race on Sunday. Quoting the National Weather Service:

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph.

UPDATE: Going Hourly
Hourlies for Race Day from many of the commercial services are now available. Roundup of the 7 a.m. Sunday forecasts immediately below. Note that Weather.com and Intellicast appear to be reading from the same playbook.

Weather.com
Mostly cloudy, 43, 20% chance rain, 86% humidity, winds S @ 3 mph

Accuweather
Partly sunny, 41, 88% humidity, winds S @ 5 mph

Intellicast
Mostly cloudy, 43, 20% chance rain, 86% humidity, winds S @ 3 mph