Not much new in the weather department today as high pressure dominates the region and skies remain mostly sunny. That trend will continue for most of next week. I suspect afternoon highs will settle in the 75- to 80-degree range for the period. Most pleasantly, I give it a thumbs-up forecast.
No rain is on the horizon for Clark County although a weak weather system slides by to our north about Monday night or Tuesday. I’m guessing it remains to our north and we only see a glancing blow with some variable cloudiness. A small portion of longer-range models keep dangling the umbrella out about five or six days from now. We talked about that the other day. Each model pushes it out another day in the future. No worries here.
For the first seven days of the month Vancouver has twice the normal rainfall in the gauge and the average mean temperature is one-half degree above normal. Pretty mellow. Signs of early summer abound in the county. Driving around Friday I saw numerous local strawberry stands and a few U-pick fields. Yes, June is the strawberry month.
The full strawberry moon is June 21, which makes it particularly special as it occurs on the summer solstice. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the last time it happened was in 1985.
