Not to belabor the point that Oregon forecasts are shifty buggers, but yesterday morning the Monday forecast for the Willamette Valley was sunny with temps in the mid-70s. Now they're saying rain likely with temps in the 50s, maybe hitting 60. Talk about your forecast whiplash.
That said, eight days out we are seeing an encouraging turn in the outlook for May 2. The chilly, damp weather expected to prevail in Western Oregon next week might just be up and out of here by race weekend. Accuweather has "mainly cloudy and warmer" with a high/low of 63/34 for Saturday, then "sunshine with patchy clouds" and 66/37 for Sunday.
The National Weather Service forecast discussion out of Portland reflects this happy hope, noting differing computer-model projections but adding: SOME SIMILARITIES REMAIN IN THAT THE MAIN TROUGH EITHER DIGS S OR SHIFTS E...BOTH OF WHICH WOULD SUGGEST LOWERING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS THE END OF THE WEEK.
(By the way, the all-caps treatment is theirs. Weather Service guys like to shout when they discuss, and who am I to tell them to quiet down?)
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