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SYNOPSIS

Seasonably cool and showery conditions continue through the workweek as repeated weather systems support persistent chances for rain. A drying trend beginning Friday may bring better trick-or-treating conditions by late Saturday. Could see benign conditions into early next week before the pattern becomes more unclear by the middle of next week.

LONG TERM...Thursday through Tuesday

Generally wet weather is expected to continue Thursday and Friday as the upper level low pinches off from the main flow and churns just off the coast of WA and OR. QPF during this time period is quite low so looking at a high PoP, low QPF set up which means we are likely to see rain but it will be light. 48 hour totals across the area from Thursday morning through Saturday morning likely 0.10- 0.30 inch range. Locations along the coast and higher terrain could push 0.5 inches with a 20-40% chance. Ensembles and cluster analysis point towards a drier pattern by the weekend and into early next week. Models show the pattern becoming more progressive with the closed low becoming an open wave and moving east Saturday into Sunday with a shortwave ride building into the area by late Sunday. Exact timing and details of this progression still vary among the models. -19

AVIATION...Through 06Z Thursday

Northwest flow aloft becomes westerly on Wednesday while scattered to numerous showers continue across the area. After a brief lull in shower activity this evening, conditions will likely deteriorate from VFR to MVFR at times as another round of rain showers moves across the area tonight. There is around a 30-40% chance for MVFR CIGs at any given hour between 08-18z Wed. Conditions then expected to trend toward predominately VFR after 19z Wed as showers decrease again.

Winds are expected to increase along the coast and inland this evening out of the S-SW with gusts up to 15-25 kt into Wednesday morning before winds gain more of a westerly component and moderate Wednesday afternoon.

KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR as of 05z Wed, but chances for MVFR increase again after 07z to around 30-40% as another round of rain showers move across the area. VFR likely again by 19z Wed. Southwest winds expected to peak between 07-12z with gusts up to 20 kt. /DH

MARINE

A low pressure system will keep conditions active across the waters through the middle of the week. Currently an upper-level low is dropping out of the Gulf of Alaska with winds and seas increasing this evening out of the west to southwest. Confidence is moderate to high for gusts to exceed 21 knots across the inner and outer waters, especially north of Cape Foulweather, thus a Small Craft Advisory remain in effect including the Columbia River Bar as well. Seas likely peak around 7-10 ft at 8-10 seconds this evening through Wednesday evening. Then, conditions slowly subside Thursday into Friday with gusts below 15-20kt and seas subsiding towards 4-6 ft at 10-12 seconds through the weekend. Looking towards the start of next week, another low pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska looks to bring building seas and winds that could result in Small Craft conditions for the start of next week yet again. -99/42

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OR...None. WA...None. PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM PDT Wednesday for PZZ210-251- 252.

Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM PDT Wednesday for PZZ253-273.

Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ271-272.