I say we managed to pull off another nice holiday weekend after somewhat of a rocky start weather-wise in parts of Western Washington. I think Monday was ideal in Vancouver, with an afternoon high of 76 degrees, still about 6 degrees above average.
Today will see the thermometer climb to uncomfortable readings for most — around 90 degrees. Then a roller coaster ride the next several days, with temperatures up and down. Wednesday it drops to the low 80s, upper 70s Thursday, mid-80s Friday and in the 90s Saturday and Sunday. Boy, that is weather with a mood.
Longer-range forecast models were showing some hot weather into June, so it appears that is on the way. New longer-range charts Monday afternoon are now showing cooler temperatures and maybe some showers after next weekend. We’ll see. A few hot days and a few cool days? Better than hot and hot and hot.
We haven’t checked how we are doing statistic-wise for a while, so let’s see how the first 30 days of this month have gone. The average mean temperature is 60.5, 2.5 degrees above average; rainfall looks like it will end up at 1.63 inches, 0.80 of an inch below average. So our trend of warm and dry months continues.
