After Sunday’s brief downturn in the weather, Monday skies were bright blue for the most part, with afternoon temperatures getting up to seasonal normals — 80 to 83 degrees.
Although I didn’t receive any measurable rainfall Sunday at my home in Salmon Creek, areas south did. The official tally for Vancouver was 0.12 of an inch. Most of the lightning and associated thunderstorms remained over and east of the mountains.
Today will be slightly warmer, which will help create more instability. With cooler air in a southeasterly flow aloft and an upper low slipping down off the southern Oregon coast, the dynamics will make today our best chance of thunderstorms.
We may also see scattered thunderstorms or showers the next few days, and temperatures will depend on the cloud cover. The rest of July looks dry and warm, as it should be.
