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Weather Eye: Forecast is bright with warm and sunny weather

By Patrick Timm, Columbian freelance columnist
Published: June 6, 2024, 6:01am

Nothing but clear sailing ahead weather-wise as summer shows its glory with sunshine and warm weather and a day or so of hot weather on Friday. We will have highs today at 80 or above with light winds. Friday will be the warmest day in the next five days as we inch toward 90 degrees. We may or may not reach that.

High pressure will still dominate our weather over the weekend and into next week, but a mild flow of ocean air will temper the high temperatures and keep us above seasonal normals without any excessive heat. We could see some morning clouds or passing high clouds at times through Tuesday, but no rain was expected.

More pleasant summerlike weather, the kind we would normally expect in July, is on the horizon. After the soaking rains of several days ago and the warm temperatures outside now, vegetation will grow robustly. Sorry, that means the grass too. Ugh.

Of course, while I always try to keep a sunny side up forecast for you, there is always a forecast chart or two that wants to bring clouds and showers back in the picture. That would be later next week if it were to develop. I give it a 10 percent chance as of this writing. We’ll look at it as we get down the road.

We have nearly 1 inch of rain so far this month in Vancouver and looking back two years ago we had almost the same amount. Both years got off to a wet start in June. Two years ago on this date I was writing about a moist flow of air streaming up from the southwest and we were facing yet another atmospheric river with potentially heavy rain in the forecast. That materialized and June 2022 ended up with 3.22 inches of rain. That is not foreseen this time around (fingers crossed).

As we get going into the summer there are many signs of nature and forecasting hints that I will share with you as usual. For one, on a clear morning at sunrise look at the temperature and add 30 degrees, you’ll be close to the high for the day. That assumes no forecasted incoming weather fronts or east winds.

Have a good one and we’ll chat on Saturday!

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Columbian freelance columnist