No change in the weather pattern through early next week, except hopefully the warmer and drier air aloft will work its way to the surface at some point and bring our temperatures back up to normal or above and get rid of the low clouds.
Wednesday afternoon temperatures in the lower regions of Clark County hovered in the 30s while the higher elevations were in the 50- to 70-degree range. Kind of backwards, eh?
My high temperature Wednesday was 34 degrees and the low was 33 degrees here in Salmon Creek — not much of a change. Vancouver officially was 36/34 degrees. The average mean temperature for Vancouver so far this month is 35.8 degrees, 5 degrees below average. Of course, it is drier than normal, as well, with only an inch of rain in the bucket, about 2 inches below average.
The free air freezing level at 10,000 feet is why the higher elevations were enjoying springlike temperatures. Still cold in the Columbia Basin, but the Bend-Redmond area in Central Oregon had highs in the mid-50s. The coast was warmer, as well. I had several reports in the foothills of Clark County that the sun appeared Wednesday and finally melted some of the snow and ice that has been on the ground since New Year’s.
