No need to tell you it was another hot day on Wednesday, with the thermometer reading 90 degrees at 5 p.m. Tuesday’s high topped out at 90 degrees but the warmest so far this month was 95 degrees on July 11.
Elsewhere around the Evergreen State late afternoon temperatures were in the 80s from Bellingham to the northern fringes of Clark County and closer to 90 along the river. In the Columbia Basin it hovered in the low 100s and that is perfect weather for something I really enjoy. If you know me, you guessed it: local watermelons. I can taste them now. It won’t be long. Nothing like Northwest fruits and vegetables basking in summer sunshine.
Not much has changed since we chatted on Tuesday. A little cooler weather to bring us back to “normal” temperatures or a little above through Saturday. Then we warm up well into the hot category. You have heard about or seen the excessive heat near the Four Corners region extending into the middle states.
Forecast models indicate that hot air mass will retrograde our way and set up a heat dome of sorts over the Pacific Northwest. It’s going to get hot, folks. The big question is how much and how long. It will for sure rise into the upper 90s and perhaps a few days of 100 to 105 degrees if everything comes together in the atmosphere.
