A weak onshore troughy pattern across the west resulted in a mix of widely scattered occasional light valley rain showers and mountain snow across much of our forecast area. Friday temperatures tended to be generally around 3 to 7 degrees below normal. This morning freezing levels ranged between 5500 feet at quillayute...to 9000 feet at medford.

Near the U.S. Canadian border a number of flows remain near to above action levels...while elsewhere recessions tended to dominate flows.

Scattered light mixed showers trail off eastward across the region this weekend with Monday looking to be mostly dry as a transient ridge warms up most loca- tions around 4 to 8 degrees above normal. Tuesday a cold core gulf of alaska low with 2 to 7 degree below normal temperatures sags occasional valley rain and lowering mountain snow into our northwestern tier Tuesday. Wednesday the occlu- sion of this day-4 storm entrains some gulf of mexico moisture into an eastward shifting rain pattern over the upper columbia. Embedded convection in this upper columbia day-5 forecast problem could result in local heavy rain in south east- ern British Columbia...northwestern Montana...northern Idaho...and north eastern Montana.

Our region looks like its going to be dominated by the slowly decaying remnants of an upper level low centered over our forecast area that continues pinwheeling gradually diminishing scattered mixed showers over us through this forecast per- iod. As this low gradually opens up we should see temperatures start to gradual- ly warm up...ending the period near normal values.