Our heat wave continues, though the high temperature Saturday was down three degrees or so from Friday. Couldn’t feel the difference between 90 and 87 degrees? Well, the rise in humidity made up for it.
Still warm today and Monday, then we see those much-anticipated marine clouds penetrating up the Columbia River and laying a cool blanket over us the rest of the week. Still, by “cool,” I mean highs closer to a normal 80-85, depending how soon the morning clouds dissipate.
We had quite a light show overnight Thursday and early Friday, with hours and hours of thunder and lightning. We weren’t the only ones — the storms moved into the Puget Sound region. They also had thunderstorms Saturday, a round of instability that we escaped.
Thunderstorms have prevailed east of the mountains the past several days with some pretty intense boomers dumping hail, strong winds and upward of two inches of rain in some areas. Lightning is always a threat for wildfires, making the rain good news.
