We are back in the hot seat today and Wednesday with a pair of 90-degree highs in the forecast. Of course, it could be plus or minus a couple of degrees but 90 or higher is in the hot category for us. It will be short-lived as a large area of cool air will drop down from the Gulf of Alaska and remain with us for a spell.
Highs will drop into the 70s by the end of the week and through the weekend. However, each day will still be above our daily average high. I don’t foresee any rainfall even though forecast charts indicate a 25 percent chance of a shower developing over Western Washington this weekend. For now, we keep it dry.
With the warmer weather and these brisk northerly winds, vegetation is drying out quickly, keeping the fire weather in the weather eye. The good news as I mentioned is that it will cool off and the humidity will rise from the 15-20 percent range back to around 40-50 percent. And the cool overnight temperatures lately have slowed vegetation from drying out too quickly.
Speaking of cool overnight temperatures, even though here in the metro area our lows have retreated from the low 40s into the low 50s where they should be, it is colder in the outlying areas. Monday morning, Yacolt came in with 35 degrees, near Battle Ground Lake, 32 degrees and 31 degrees in Dole Valley. That seems chilly for early June but not uncommon at all for those locations. If this was autumn, I would say frost on the pumpkins. Perhaps frost on the strawberries.
