Ready for 90 degrees once again? Yep, we could do that easily over the weekend with easterly winds in the forecast. We already have logged in about 20 days with highs of 90 degrees or better this summer.
Clouds and some scattered showers moved up from the south Wednesday and will linger through today. Rainfall amounts were not expected to be heavy, maybe enough to settle the dust in some areas for a while. That will move eastward Friday as high pressure builds for the weekend. It will be a warm one. We seem to have a pattern here with hot weekends and warm weekdays.
When will summer end? Well, we all know weather-wise it will very soon, despite what the calendar may say. I expect more warm weather after the official start of autumn next week. Many readers tell me that fall is their favorite time of the year. Cool crisp nights, colorful leaves and of course harvest time and the onset of upcoming holidays. Thoughts of hot spice tea and pumpkin bread by the fire as rain pelts against your window. Doesn’t get any better than that does it?
Right now that seems miles away as we enjoy the heat of summer. The leaves are changing rapidly now in brilliant colors of yellow, orange and red. I suspect some trees are changing early because of stress due to the dry conditions. Regardless, the fir trees are loaded with fir cones and the maples are loaded with the familiar whirlybird seed pods. The squirrels are in a frenzy.
