Looking out my window and still seeing low stratus clouds in the afternoon hours in mid-August is quite unusual. Generally, those rascals burn off in the mid- to late morning. That is why we call them morning clouds. When they last into the afternoon, what do we call them? We’ll stick with morning clouds, I guess.
At 2 p.m. Saturday in Vancouver, it was only 72 degrees, which was only 1 degree above our daily low temperature on Thursday of 71 degrees, if you can believe that. It was a new record low for the date and the warmest overnight temperature that I can remember in a long, long time. In contrast, on Aug. 18, 1973, we had a low of 35 degrees.
Today we may still see some morning clouds that should burn off quickly on our way to a high in the mid-80s. It’ll be cool again Monday and Tuesday, with seasonal high temperatures, and then, yep: more 90-degree days. Currently, it looks like we’ll stay in the mid-90s on the warmest day, Thursday, but we’ll hit 90 degrees or higher Wednesday through the weekend. It is still summer, folks.
We have been talking quite a bit about the number of 90-degree or higher days this summer. Normally, we see about 15 days each year. In 2018, we had the most ever: 30 days. Even if we get another six or seven days before September arrives, we will fall short. If we get a couple of days in early September with easterly winds, we could add more. Something tells me we will not reach that magic number of 30. Thank goodness, right?
