Weather Eye: After that hot stretch, we’re back to cooler days this week

After 93-degree highs Thursday and Friday, we were back in the more tolerable 70s to near 80 on Saturday. We should see more morning clouds today, with cooler temperatures.

Highs will be residing in the 70s for the next several days as we continue to have weak systems skirt by to our north and keep the westerly flow off the cool ocean waters.

In fact, we may get enough marine air Monday to produce drizzle or showers in the region. Amounts would be light but yet welcome, especially with a burn ban in effect.

A red-flag warning covered much of Eastern Washington and Oregon this weekend. A wildfire erupted Saturday on the hills above Lake Chelan.

I’m not expecting rainfall today. This month in Vancouver, we have had only 0.43 inch of rain, about 0.27 inch below average. Keep watering the potted plants and garden folks. The average mean temperature was 67.7 degrees, nearly 1 degree below average.

Those 93-degree highs last week were the hottest temperatures since June 5, technically still in springtime, when we had that record high of 98 degrees. The previous record high for June 5 had been 95 degrees in 2003.

The winds Saturday through the Gorge were from the west at 25 to 35 mph, excellent for the wind surfers. Breezes locally will be much lighter from the west-northwest at 5 to 15 mph. So we’ll see more morning clouds this week, and although it may seem dismal at times, rest assured the sun is still shining above the marine clouds. Summer is not over yet, folks!

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://patricktimm.com

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