There were enough clouds streaming northward from the monsoonal rain clouds over the desert Southwest to keep us mostly cloudy Friday, and we avoided 100-degree readings. Areas close to us where less cloudiness was present did rise to 100 degrees.
Thunderstorms were close to us over the Cascades and the foothills. Also, a band of thunderstorms moved northward along the coast, bringing measurable rain to Astoria and the Long Beach Peninsula.
On Saturday, we still had plenty of clouds to diffuse the sunshine, and more thunderstorms were expected to break out along the mountains. As of this writing Saturday afternoon, Vancouver still hadn’t had any measurable rain in July.
Today we expect things to stabilize, with more sunshine pushing our high near 90 degrees. Pleasantly warm weather abounds early this week. Most forecast models show energy moving out of that huge area of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska later this week, producing an increasing chance of widespread rains. If things develop in good fashion, we could see a quarter- to half-inch of rain. That is a ways away, however.
