Portland Forecast Starts With Freezing Fog But Has Almost No Rain

PORTLAND, OR – There's actually some good news in the forecast, a nice way for December to get underway. The trick, though, is going to be getting there.

The National Weather Service's Portland office is forecasting almost zero rain for the week.

That's right. No rain. There will also be some sun. And it's not exactly going to be warm.

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Monday's going to start with freezing fog that is expected to have started Sunday night. There will be areas of fog will be around through 1 p.m.. The skies will then shift to partly sunny and maybe completely sunny skies. There should be some patchy fog starting after 4.m.. The high's only going to be 45 degrees.

At night, there will be more patchy fog with the temperature dropping to 33 degrees and windy conditions – gusts of 21 mph are expected.

Tuesday starts sunny, wind gusts up to 25 mph and a high reaching 44 degrees. At night the temperature will drop to about 30 degrees and more steady and wind and more powerful gusts.

Wednesday is simple. It's going to be sunny. The high temperature will only be avout 43 degrees.

Wednesday night is also going to be clear. Also, it will be be colder. The low wil be about 28 degrees.

Thursday's also forecast to be simple... Sunny with a high around 42 degrees and a low around 28 degrees. The low should also be about 28 degrees.

Friday is the only day with rain in the forecast. The forecast says that there is chance of rain at night. The high should be around 42 degrees and the low around 32 degrees.

Graphic via National Weather Service's Portland office.