Sunday was our first day with a high of 90 degrees or higher in the month of August. Monday reached that point as well. Today through Thursday, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning, the first one this year.
During our last two heat waves they issued a heat advisory, but now we are going to get serious. Highs the next three days are expected to reach 100 degrees or higher with an increase in humidity. Smoky skies in the higher layers will cast a yellowish tint to the skies at times. Fortunately, the low-level winds are from the north so we won’t have to contend with that issue at ground level. Remember last year with the fire in the Gorge that made our air quite smelly?
The sunsets and sunrises are pretty, however, with the smoky haze. Our overnight lows the next couple of days are going to be slow to drop, so there’ll be uncomfortable sleeping conditions unless you have air conditioning. The fans will be running. I can hear them now.
The first four days of this month had a couple days of highs way below average, down in the low 70s. Despite two days in the 90s, the average mean temperature here in Vancouver is just about average so far this month. That will take a leap for sure.
