While we are starved for rain, parts of the Rocky Mountain States are getting deluges. From Colorado into South Dakota, it has rained, hailed and rained to the point of flash flooding everywhere.
Meanwhile, the best we can do are sprinkles, sprinkles, sprinkles. There was some hope Monday evening as thunderstorms erupted along the Cascades — we weather folks were hoping for one to drift over our way.
It was muggy Monday with the southerly flow of air and increased cloudiness. Still it managed to reach the mid- to upper-80s around Clark County, good weather for the refreshment stands at the Clark County Fair.
I mentioned in my last column that it was raining sideways Saturday at the Washington Coast. I don’t know if the rain blew across the top of my rain gauge there, but I measured just a tenth of an inch of rain. By evening, the sun was out; Sunday, it was warm and sunny again.