We are well into the fall rainy season and a rather chilly air mass will be with us for the next week or so. This means high temperatures between 50 and 55 degrees, which is below average for the season. Snow will fall in the Cascades, even down to the passes at times. On Tuesday, Timberline had an eight-inch base of snow. By the weekend they could have a couple of feet on the ground if the heavy showers materialize as expected.
For us here in the lowlands, we get scattered showers, thunderstorms and possible hail. It could be cool and damp for the trick-or-treating hours this evening. As of early Wednesday, Vancouver had 2.35 inches in the rain bucket so far this month. The normal is 3.41 inches. By midnight tonight we may be close to average if one of the heavy showers hovers over the official rain gauge at Pearson Airfield. While writing this column Wednesday, it was raining at a pretty good clip.
I expect the high temperature on Halloween to be around 50 degrees or so, far below the average of 58 degrees. When was the last time we had a high temperature below 50 degrees? Over six months ago, on a chilly day in April — April 4, 2024. Halloween looks like showers will abound as the heavenly skies provide their own Halloween shenanigans. As October exits stage right, November arrives stage left and continues with the October mischief with more showers. The rest of the week looks unsettled with rain possible any day. Maybe we have some dry periods over the weekend.
Friday begins a new month, and we get one month closer to the beginning of the meteorological winter on December 1. Our average high on November 1 is 58 degrees and drops some 11 degrees to 49 degrees on December 1.
