Grab a jacket if you’re heading out for Thanksgiving Day travels — it’s currently 45 degrees with mostly clear skies Thursday morning at Portland International Airport.
The rest of the day for the metro area will be more cloudy, and only slightly warmer with a predicted high of 51 degrees.
Rain is expected overnight Thursday into Friday morning with chances of showers extending through Monday, so enjoy the dry, albeit cloudy Thanksgiving Day. It’s a great day for roasting or frying a turkey outdoors (safely) and even airing out the kitchen for ventilation, or during large gatherings with friends and family, which is recommended by the CDC to mitigate any potential spread of COVID-19 and its variants.
Along the north coastal zones, Thanksgiving morning is starting off with light rain as a Pacific warm front lifts north into Washington. A cold front will sweep southeast across the area Thursday night into Friday morning, spreading light rain through the Portland metro.
A warm front may dip back into the area Friday night through Saturday, but a chance of rain remains through the weekend. Forecasters saw snow levels will likely remain above the Cascade passes for several days.
Be careful of the fog Thursday morning across southern Willamette Valley; a Dense Fog Advisory was issued by the National Weather Service until 6 a.m. Thursday but should be clear by mid-morning.
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service also predict that the heaviest rain will fall Thursday night across the Willapa Hills, the northern Oregon Coast Range and the South Washington Cascades, each expected to receive one to two inches of moisture, which won’t cause any significant rises in the area’s rivers.
There is a high threat for sneaker waves at the Oregon coast this week, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The alert lasts from Thursday morning until Friday morning. High tide on Thanksgiving Day will bring the greatest threat, the NWS alert says.
Powerful sneaker waves can suddenly knock people off of their feet and quickly pull them into the frigid ocean, which can lead to serious injury or drowning.
Exposure to the cold water can cause cold water paralysis to set in within minutes, impairing the individual’s ability to escape the wave. It’s important to always have an escape route when you’re on the beach, especially the steep, enclosed beaches of the Northwest.
The National Weather Service warns locals to be aware of the following dangers:
- The force and speed with which sneaker waves move
- Their frigid temperature
- The volume of sand, water, and gravel they carry and will deposit in an individual’s clothes. Survivors have described the water-sand mix in their clothes as feeling as heavy as concrete rendering them incapable of escaping the receding waves pulling them into the ocean.
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