We may have had some of that “June gloom” Wednesday as the marine layer held fast with only partial clearing in the late-afternoon/evening hours. Vancouver’s high as of 5 p.m. was only 77 degrees. Sounds funny to use the word “only” after the excessive heat wave recently. That 77 degrees is exactly the average high for the date — and the coolest daytime high temperature since June 15.
Oh, what a relief it is to have our ocean breeze back with us. Today we’ll see more morning clouds breaking up late in the day.
On Friday, we may have some brief morning clouds, but the temperature will be on the rise again, hovering around the 90-degree mark Friday through Independence Day.
I do not see a repeat of the excessive heat anytime soon. I also don’t see any rain headed our way.
We do have a weak weather system moving to our north early next week, and with some luck, our neighbors close to the Canadian border may see some light showers.
Some sad news from Oregon on Wednesday: I read that about 63 people died from heat-related causes during that extreme heat. Most lived alone in dwellings without air conditioning. Officials say the death toll could climb higher.
I haven’t read anything about the toll here in Washington, but I may have missed something.
When we have winter-type storms like flooding or windstorms, we often hear about minor casualties. We don’t think about heat-related incidents. So sad.
If you had told me a couple weeks ago that we would reach 115 degrees here in Vancouver, I would have been really skeptical.
I saw what the computer models were forecasting, and that is exactly what occurred. Many forecasters had a difficult time placing numbers that high in the forecast.
Enjoy the Fourth of July holiday weekend with warm to semi-hot weather, but not crazy hot.
We usually say summer begins July 5 because of clouds, showers and cool weather in June. Not this year.
