Camila Orti
Weather Anchor
Camila Orti grew up in the Midwest but is thrilled to now call the Pacific Northwest her home. Since she started at FOX 12 in December 2019, Camila enjoyed poking fun at her coworkers who are "cold" in the winter here.
Born in Stony Brook, New York to immigrant Argentinean parents, Camila spent most of her life in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Go Big Red!) to study broadcast journalism. In college, she traveled to New Delhi, India to tell stories about the homeless population and challenges facing women in traditional communities. Camila competed in the Hearst Journalism Awards program, where she was awarded second place at the 2013 National Championship in San Francisco in the category of television news.
As a bilingual reporter, Camila started her television career in Nebraska, first at KLKN, then at KETV in Omaha, where she covered everything from presidential campaigns to devastating tornadoes and historic flooding. After reporting and anchoring for FOX 12, Camila transitioned to doing weather full-time and is pursuing her meteorology certification. You can catch Camila in the weather center on FOX 12 evenings Wednesday through Sunday.
Camila loves the outdoors and is excited to explore a part of the country that is a little less flat and a little more green (No offense, Nebraska!). When she's not at work, you can find her on the trails running or cycling, or swimming in a lake, pool or river. Camila is a runner-turned-triathlete who has completed an Ironman, seven Half Ironman races and several marathons. She's always looking ahead to the next crazy event she can sign up for!
Outside of training, Camila also loves cooking (ask her about her mother's empanada recipe!), curling up with a good book, and hanging out with her dogs, Oso and Sauvie, and husband, Johnny.
We could see an inch of rain accumulate while we sleep tonight, but models have backed off the rain totals for Portland and areas to our north.
High temperatures will be around 50 degrees to kick off our work week- and plenty more of that sunshine is on the way!
The wind will become a little more widespread across the metro area tonight, and gusts around 30 MPH are likely tomorrow. The sunshine and mild afternoon temperatures continue!
A northeasterly wind will start to kick up tomorrow, but Sunday still looks like the windiest day with easterly gusts around 35-40 MPH expected near the mouth of the Gorge. It'll still be breezy on Monday, too.
Black Friday will start with some fog and frost, and the afternoon will feel very similar to today. Lots of sunshine!
In total, valley locations will see a quarter to half inch of rain between tonight and Sunday
We'll be dry and partly cloudy for most of Saturday, then turn rainy late afternoon. Scattered showers persist through about midday on Sunday, but the second half of the day looks dry.
Monday morning looks mainly dry with a couple light sprinkle chances for the north coast and Portland metro area, but the rest of the day should be dry. Clouds will break a little bit and highs will top out in the mid 50s.
Cloudy and dry conditions continue through most of tomorrow until the next batch of rain arrives in the afternoon or evening.
That strong front passing through in the morning will pack quite the punch with wind speeds- we will likely see gusts in the 30-40 MPH range in the interior valleys. Some spotty outages are possible.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the interior valleys from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Frequent showers and thunderstorm chances are on tap Monday.
We're expecting a mainly dry night, with our next round of showers arriving Sunday afternoon. A downpour or thunderstorm can't be ruled out, but models are indicating it won't be as wet of a day as today was.
That east wind will keep screaming through the Gorge all day. Tuesday looks like a nice day as we start to transition to more of a south/southwesterly flow.
Highs should be a notch or two warmer Sunday following another chilly morning. I don't think frost will be quite as widespread as we expect more of that east wind to keep many metro areas above freezing.
A freeze warning is in effect through 9 a.m. tomorrow for almost everybody west of the Cascades, the central and eastern Gorge, and the Lower Columbia River Basin. Bring those sensitive plants inside!
We are finished with rain for quite a few days. Get ready for a very sunny weekend too!
We're not expecting steady rain tomorrow, but plan for frequent showers all day as the low pressure system keeps working through the region. We could see a thunderstorm, downpour, hail or gusty wind accompanying any of these showers west of the Cascades.
We've still got a pretty nice day on tap Monday before things turn wet and chilly. It'll be partly cloudy with highs expected around 60 degrees. The steady rain arrives Tuesday afternoon and we'll see showery weather through the end of the week.
Sunday morning will look similar to Saturday afternoon- cloudy and drizzly. It'll likely be foggy, as well.
Low clouds and fog will again develop late tonight and into Friday morning. This round will be slower to clear, making it tough for us to hit 70 degrees tomorrow.
Get ready for the big change tomorrow as our first cold front comes through, bringing light, steady rain to the interior valleys around the middle of the day.
Temperatures will start to come back down tomorrow, but we'll still see plenty of sunshine after a few morning clouds. Highs will still be about ten degrees warmer than average; we're expecting temperatures in the upper 70s.
We're staying dry until late morning/midday tomorrow. A cold front will bring us drizzly showers for most of the day, with precipitation tapering off in the evening.
Morning temperatures will once again be quite chilly Sunday- in the mid 40s- but we'll warm up quickly with the sunshine.
We're expecting lows in the mid to upper 40s. Plenty of sunshine will warm us up quickly, though. Highs Saturday and Sunday will be close to 70 degrees.
A trough dropping in tomorrow will set off some light morning showers, but we're expecting conditions to dry out in the afternoon for the northern Willamette Valley.
Stronger fronts will be pushing through the region the next few days, increasing our rain rates at times and also bringing us gustier winds.
It'll be pretty drippy all day Sunday, with Portland area rain totals expected around a tenth to a quarter of an inch. Highs will also be cooler- in the mid 60s.
A bit more of a westerly push tomorrow will cool our temperatures even more and bring in some high, thin clouds. Highs around Portland will be in the mid to upper 70s.
Temperatures will be in the low 90s tomorrow and Friday, then start cooling back down (but remain quite warm) Sunday. For now it's looking like we won't see a heat wave or any record-breaking temperatures, but that's still pretty warm stuff for mid-September.
The interior valleys should stay dry and mostly cloudy. We'll start to see some sunbreaks in the afternoon, but temperatures will top out in the mid to upper 70s.
Thin, high clouds will increase throughout the day, giving us a "filtered sunshine" look, and temperatures will top out in the low 80s around the metro area.
It won't be quite as sunny tomorrow, but after some patchy fog and clouds in the morning we will get afternoon sun breaks. Temperatures will be cooler- in the mid 70s.
Labor Day is looking dry and mostly cloudy with some sun breaks. Temperatures will be cool once again-- in the low 70s.
Much cooler, cloudier weather is on the way tomorrow. We're switching back to onshore flow and clouds will be increasing throughout the day.
We'll stay dry and partly cloudy tonight, and another warm, mostly sunny day is on tap tomorrow. The low pressure system sitting over the northern California coast will swing some moisture into our region. That'll lead to a few scattered showers or thunderstorm chances through central and eastern Oregon as well as through the Cascades
An offshore wind will help drive afternoon temperatures up fairly quickly. We also might see some haze in the afternoon.
The North Coast will see the showers first, and the precipitation will spread south and east early tomorrow morning. Steady rain through lunch will break into scattered showers in the afternoon and evening.
More and more clouds will work their way in as the upper level low swings through tonight through Tuesday, bringing us cooler and cloudier conditions tomorrow and scattered showers Tuesday and Wednesday.
We're still tracking the chance for some rumbles of thunder and showers overnight tonight- anytime between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. for those of us in Portland. They could pop up anywhere from the coast to eastern Oregon.
With the sea breeze and a stronger push of marine air tonight, we should start to see air quality conditions gradually get better in Portland overnight.
Models are indicating Portland could be in the "unhealthy" category for a few hours tomorrow morning before onshore flow helps to clean our air Sunday night
We are out of our First Alert Weather days with more pleasant August weather expected through the middle of next week.
We started the day very warm (in the upper 60s around Portland) but things will get even worse tonight. Our lows will remain in the upper 60s and low 70s through Thursday morning, which will make nights very uncomfortable for everybody without air conditioning.
We set a record-warm low for today's date- 69 degrees this morning! That's also the warmest low temperature we've seen so far this year.
The additional cloud cover will likely keep us cooler than initially anticipated over the weekend, with high temperatures now expected to not exceed the upper 80s
The monsoonal moisture that's pushing in from the south will bring us a few more clouds tomorrow afternoon and a slight sprinkle chance, but things should be mainly clear and very warm again Friday evening.
Temperatures will gradually climb through the upper 80s until we hit the low 90s next weekend. We'll see above-average high temperatures most of next week.
Mostly sunny, pleasant weather continues through the end of the weekend and then we will be turning warmer next week.
We're not going to see much variation in our weather over the next several days. Plan on high temperatures in the low to mid 80s and low temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s through Monday.
