In the past several days there were some awesome thunderstorms around the Pacific Northwest. But at my home in Salmon Creek, I guess I was in the sucker hole — despite a brief shower and lots of dark clouds in all directions, there was nothing, no measurable precipitation here.
We are nearly at the half-way point in the month and Vancouver officially escaped any measurable rainfall from the scatted showers and thunderstorms that moved through. Just a trace on Friday and Saturday. We did receive measurable rainfall Aug. 1, with 0.04 of an inch, so it will not go into the record books as a dry month like July did.
More sunshine and clouds will mix this week — much like last week — with highs in the 80s when it’s full sunshine, and near 80 plus-or-minus with the occasional cloudiness. Still, no big rain producers appear in the mix.
I’ve had several readers write me that they could feel a subtle change in the air the past few days, a sense of the waning of summer with autumn around the corner. I know it is coming but I am trying to ignore the inevitable, wishing summer could always be here.
