Weather Eye: We’ve notched first 80-degree day of year; is 90 close behind?

Our “July in May” weather continues and will actually rise into the “hot” category later in the week. While we enjoy highs close to 80 today and Wednesday, we jump into the mid- to upper 80s and maybe 90 degrees Thursday through Saturday.

A slight cooling trend on Sunday into early next week is forecast, but still no rain in sight. Forecast charts hinted maybe some time next week but that has dried up. Perhaps it will reappear.

Meanwhile, pay close attention to your yard and garden; they will dry out quickly especially as we get offshore east winds later in the week. Even some larger trees may need a soaking at their base.

Vancouver’s high Monday was 82 degrees, our first 80-degree day of 2019. The last high of 80 degrees or higher was Sept. 28 with 86 degrees. If we reach 90 degrees later this week, it would be the first 90-degree high since Sept. 5, 2018.

The last 10 days of April and the first 10 days of May look to be one of the driest, maybe the driest for that period here in Vancouver. I don’t recall it being so dry like this in springtime. We enjoy it to a point but as it goes on, we should be concerned for the rest of the summer period.

Mother’s Day appears we will have pleasant weather with sunshine and highs near 80 degrees. One year ago in this column, I was writing that an incoming storm was bringing some rain to Clark County and that our usual roller-coaster weather for May was continuing. Warm and sunny and then cool, cloudy and damp. Not this year, no roller coaster, more like a merry-go-round.

Although I can’t make it rain, I will share April’s rainfall from your friends and neighbors in Thursday’s column.

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