We didn’t reach triple digits Saturday but were close. For Vancouver, as of 5 p.m., we topped out at 98 degrees. I had a few neighborhood reports of 100 degrees around the county. But really can you feel the difference between 98 and 100? It was hot, but thanks to the low humidity it wasn’t too bad.
The humidity with east winds was down to 13 percent at 5 p.m., about as low as it gets here. That is desert humidity. We have a repeat today before the ocean cooling arrives.
It was 93 degrees from the northern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula to Astoria, Ore. yesterday. Right down to the water it was hot as pancakes on the griddle. Fortunately the winds shifted from the northeast to the north-northwest. Temperatures dropped into the comfortable 60s and 70s by evening.
It is summer, and I’m enjoying it! I do not have any bad weather news to share. Fair, dry conditions will continue all week. The details show cooling Monday into the 80s with maybe some morning low clouds. Tuesday and Wednesday highs could be 75 to 80 as marine air settles inland.
