Saturday will mark the 50th day without measurable precipitation in Vancouver. That could extend another six or seven days unless we get measurable rain out of a weak weather disturbance late Sunday or Monday. We could get a trace of rain, but the coast most likely will get a bit more.
It will be hot today and Friday, with area high temperatures in the upper 80s. The most recent 90-plus reading we had was on Aug. 17. That followed a blistering 100 degrees the day before. We had quite a run of 90-plus days from Aug. 12-17.
Rainfall reports from your area friends and neighbors were pretty dry, with only a handful of observers reporting a few hundredths of an inch. Bob Starr of Cougar had .01 of an inch; William Sobolewski had .04 of an inch at Livingston Mountain; and Dan Hein on Prune Hill recorded just .02 of an inch. That was about it.
Joking, Dave Campbell of Amboy reported 6 inches of precipitation: “one drop every six inches for about two minutes with no drops even reaching the rain gauge.” I guess we can call that a trace.
