How about that rain we had over the weekend? The foothills in Clark County had more than 2 inches of rain, almost 3 in some locations. At the Washington Coast, amounts were only a quarter to a third of that due to a good orographic pattern.
Normally, the coast gets the brunt of the moisture, but with this southwesterly flow, the moisture increased with altitude. That’s good because the rainfall increased stream flows quite a bit and reduced or basically ended the wildfire season in the hills.
We will stay rather cool this week, and any showers should remain over the mountains. If we get clearing, the usual fall pattern of night and morning fog will set up.
The next chance of rain appears to be Friday and Saturday. Amounts are uncertain; maybe it will dry up before sliding over us, but by then, it will be officially fall so who knows.
