Finally some really good news in the weather department today — how would you like to have the rest of this week dry and warm? OK, you got it! Outside of varying amounts of morning clouds, we should enjoy some sunny skies and more seasonal temperatures, actually above normal in the 70s.
Nice weather should last through Saturday but the latter half of the weekend at this point looks cloudy and much cooler with a chance of showers. Looking ahead to next week, computer forecast models hint a week of unsettled weather with cool temperatures and rainy periods with low snow levels. Sound familiar? Yeah, like April all over again.
Meanwhile, Washington has a new state climatologist, Nick Bond. He is the senior research scientist with the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean at the University of Washington. An associate professor with the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the UW can also be added to his credentials. Phillip Mote, previous state climatologist, took a position as the state climatologist for Oregon.
The current snow-water equivalent in the southern Washington Cascades as of last week was 102 percent of normal, which is very good news. Early May snowfall really stacked up in the Cascades with several feet of new snow in the higher regions.
