Vancouver topped out at 68 degrees for a high temperature Monday, down a few degrees from the average temperature. The reason? A weak weather system moved through with lots of clouds and even a few sprinkles or drizzle scattered about. There was light rain Monday afternoon along the Washington Coast.
High pressure builds inland today and will last the remainder of the week. East winds are on tap midweek that should push afternoon temperatures into the warm category — the delightful 80s. Then it will cool off Friday and over the weekend as new model guidance shows another weak low moving overhead with more clouds and a chance of showers.
Looking into next week, we may get a period of weather systems reaching us and providing some steady rainfall. Are we done with 80-degree weather after this week? Maybe so, while digesting computer forecast models. We have gotten highs in the 80s into the second week of October, so we will see.
We had no 80-degree days last October but in 2015 we had three, with the last one on Oct. 15. Each occasion was accompanied by easterly winds. Since the water year began on Oct. 1, 2016, Vancouver has recorded 51.32 inches of precipitation, making it in the top 10 of the wettest water years on record. In Portland, it is their third wettest. Since the beginning of the calendar year Vancouver has tallied 31.46 inches of rain. September’s rainfall so far is 2.34 inches.
