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Weather Eye: Perfect weather will turn hot, hot, hot this weekend

By Patrick Timm
Published: May 11, 2023, 6:00am

I would say that Wednesday was a weather perfect day with sunny skies, northwest breezes and highs in the upper 70s. Does it get any better than that? Of course, I know some of you would prefer that if it is going to be summerlike, then let the highs get into the 80s and maybe 90s.

Now that I have your attention, we have another perfect day on tap for today, with highs once again in the upper 70s, maybe 80 degrees, and mid-80s Friday. Then we usher in the hot stuff with low 90s on Saturday and mid- to upper 90s on Sunday. The key hot factor will be those offshore east winds. If they behave themselves and don’t blow too hard, it will get spicy hot.

On Monday, we drop to the low 90s. We’ll remain in the 80s on Tuesday and Wednesday. The warm and dry spell is upon us until further notice. Of course, as we all know after several days of warm to hot weather, we will eventually get some ocean breezes to cool us down. That includes morning low clouds, which are most typical in the month of June.

It is difficult to forecast precisely when a marine push arrives, so for now, we shelter in place under a hot summerlike sun and blistering temperatures. Things will dry out quickly, so you may have to get the sprinklers out and keep watering those new plants that you rushed out and bought. Especially over the weekend, when those hot and dry east winds are blowing, please water like crazy. No rain in sight.

As the cool air mass exited Wednesday, Vancouver dipped to 40 degrees, with 30s in the suburbs. I had one report from Dole Valley of 32 degrees and frost. A big change this weekend when overnight lows will remain in the 60s with the east winds. Not much cooling. Seems like one extreme to the other we go.

While we had sunny skies overhead Wednesday, did you see those towering cumulus clouds over the Cascades and the foothills? Yep, scattered thunderstorms. Fortunately, they remained over the mountains so we could avoid dashing between rain or hail.

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