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Weather Eye: Weather will remain difficult to predict heading into weekend

By Patrick Timm
Published: May 18, 2015, 5:00pm

It didn’t take too much effort noticing those towering cumulus clouds to the east Monday afternoon. These storms were moving westward over the Cascades and were expected to dump heavy rain in some places Monday evening and overnight.

Whether we get reports of thunder and downpours here in Clark County is uncertain. The main activity is south of the Columbia and as the sun goes down so does the threat. Still, late Monday afternoon I had a report of thunder in the Amboy/Yacolt area.

Today will be cooler and cloudier than Monday, with a small chance of scattered showers or drizzle. This crazy weather pattern will linger all week into the holiday weekend. As long as there is no strong upper air movement to circulate weather systems off to the east, any disturbances that move down from the Gulf of Alaska will sit and spin over a large part of the West Coast.

With the appearance of thunderstorms, boats and other watercraft should keep their eye to the sky for safe boating. This is National Safe Boating week and you can read more about it at: http://www.safeboatingcampaign.com/.

While we flirt with thunder locally, plenty of severe weather happening in the Midwest. Over the weekend I saw a report of a thunderstorm cloud topping 60,000 feet. About 13 miles high. I’m sure air traffic avoided those cells!

Monday was the 35th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. I remember that day quite well. It seems like a long time ago, but in Earth’s realm, it is just a blink of the eye.


Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://patricktimm.com

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