Monday it was rainy and windy along the Washington Coast with wind speeds in the 30-60 mph range. The rain came down sideways, of course, with some power interruptions there and in Puget Sound. Locally, the rain began in earnest as the sun went down and was forecast to dump about a half-inch or better of rain overnight.
Those cool easterly winds kept Vancouver’s high at 51 degrees and cooler yet the farther east you went on Highway 14. As of 5 p.m., Vancouver was still way below average in the rainfall department with 3.5 inches below the month-to-date average.
The rain overnight and showers today will bring that up closer to normal, but unless we get a heavy shower over the rain gauge we will end up below average for November. Cooler air aloft could cause thundershowers today, and some may be heavy. Otherwise, we get some clearing periods as well.
The period from Wednesday through early December looks rather tranquil again with more dry weather than wet. Looking ahead temperature-wise, it appears that next week — as December gets rolling along — that highs may be chilly, in the 42- to 46-degree range, and lows below freezing. If that pans out, what little snow falls this week in the mountains will remain on the ground.
