After 17 days of rain, Western Oregon to enter sunnier, cooler weather pattern

A long stretch of rainy and drizzly weather in Western Oregon will give way to a pattern likely to have more clear skies, cooler temperatures and likely some fog.Salem and Eugene both saw 17 consecutive days with some level of precipitation but that will begin to change, as a high-pressure ridge will likely turn away most of the Pacific storms over the coming week or so.  'We might see light showers on Saturday, but for the most part we are expecting that high-pressure ridge to build and that's going to mean drier conditions and clearer skies,' National Weather Service meteorologist Rebecca Muessle said.