We enjoyed a dry day Monday and it was a welcome relief from the clouds and moisture of last week. If you have a barometer, did you notice the high pressure Monday? At one time here in Vancouver it was 30.41 inches.
Today the barometer is falling as another storm reaches our area. Rain will increase as the day rolls along. If you are going out tonight for New Year’s Eve, expect the rain to really pick up and also some southerly breezes. The rain will be moderate to heavy. 2020 will arrive on a wet note.
I expect about an inch today and tonight and perhaps another one-half inch to an inch around the county Wednesday with showers. The rain won’t be enough to push us up to normal for December but will be the heaviest monthly rainfall in 2019. It will also go into the record books as a warmer than average month by nearly 2 degrees or so.
Although 2019 will be one of our driest years in Vancouver, there is no long-term trend of dry years. Our records go back about 140 years and there were years similar to this year decades ago. Last year in 2018 it was much drier than average, too.
