The storm that arrived on Sunday brought good rainfall to all of Western Washington and also set new daily records for some cities and in one case, the heaviest one-day rainfall total for any day in June. Locally, Vancouver measured .63 of an inch on Sunday, far short of the daily record of 1.10 inches in 1968. Wow, that was a ton of rain back in 1968, I wonder if that was a “green tomato summer”?
Rainfall amounts east of I-5 north of Vancouver were generally greater, especially as you climb in elevation. Many of our foothill locations had 2-3 inches of rain on Sunday alone. Showers were scattered on Monday and rainfall was hit or miss with generally lighter amounts. Another weather system was forecast to arrive early today before high pressure builds northward and shuts the water spigot off.
We have discussed the possibility of hot weather arriving later this week and that is still the plan but as of this writing I doubt we have any excessive heat. Of course, if you know this writer, temperatures over 80 are excessive, but many prefer it warmer. I would venture to say that we should see highs back to seasonal normals of low 70s on Wednesday and then we turn that thermostat upward into the 80s on Thursday. Friday and Saturday will simmer around 90 degrees.
The warm air mass will drift eastward allowing some marine air and get the highs back down to where I enjoy them on Sunday into early next week. Even though I don’t see a strong heatwave into next week, I do see an extended dry spell with no rain all if forecast charts are correct. At least it will be warm and dry for the remainder of the Portland Rose Festival events after today.
