Oregon Weather 3/8 Morning - Wind Advisory

Good morning. Oregon. I'm Michael Nally. Step outside right now and you're feeling 46 degrees under clear skies. A cold front barrels statewide today, bringing rain and a temperature crash. The Willamette Valley gets hit first. Rain moves in around 8 A.M., peaking by mid-afternoon with an 80 percent chance. High of 55 degrees before temps fall to 53 by afternoon. Southwest winds 6 to 10 miles an hour, gusting to 22. Down in the Southern Willamette Valley, you stay drier longer. Rain holds off until around 2 P.M., then continues into midnight. High near 57 degrees. Central Oregon? Completely different day. Sunny skies, high of 58 degrees. Southwest winds 7 to 10 miles an hour with gusts to 21. Tonight drops to 29 degrees under mostly clear skies. Tonight across the Willamette Valley, rain continues before tapering to showers. Low around 37 degrees, though temps rise to 39 overnight as warmer air moves in. Monday brings the real drama. Showers and thunderstorms hit the Willamette Valley with near certainty. High of 48 degrees. Monday night, cold air plunges in and snow levels crash to around 1,500 feet. Rain and snow showers likely, with lows dropping to 34 degrees. Tuesday stays active with rain and snow showers mixing through the morning before transitioning to rain by afternoon. High near 49 degrees. The week ahead stays wet. Wednesday through Friday brings multiple rounds of rain, with snow mixing in at higher elevations. Highs hold in the low to mid-50s. Saturday offers a brief break with just a chance of rain. One more thing — clocks spring forward one hour tonight. You lose an hour of sleep, but we gain daylight. Sunrise tomorrow at 7:37 A.M., sunset at 7:08 P.M. See you this afternoon.