I wish I could offer a cool forecast but none is in sight. It’ll be in the 100s today and tomorrow. Then it remains at 90 or warmer for several days. No rain is in sight, but I expect thunderstorms next week over and east of the Cascades. It’ll likely be dry lightning.
It was horrific to be outside yesterday breathing the smoke filtering through the air. Most of the haze was from wildfires in British Columbia. North to northeast winds aloft are carrying that smoke to us. It will be here today and tomorrow. That may have kept the high temperature Wednesday down a degree or two.
The record high for yesterday in Vancouver was 103 set in 1939. It was 102 at 5 p.m. yesterday. Today’s record high is 100 degrees in 1952 which we should surpass. Friday’s record high is 103 set in 2012. I doubt we break that. Vancouver’s all-time high is 108 degrees on July 29, 2009.
It was hot at the coast as well with afternoon temperatures into the 90s. Astoria had a high as of 5 p.m. of 93, Hoquiam was 89, and Forks was 97. Northeast winds helped coastal areas surge into the 90s, but the beaches had a wind shift in early afternoon from the northwest and cooled off to the 70s.
