Well, we got rid of the excessive humidity but not the rain. Several hours of steady rain fell early Monday with amounts generally between a tenth and a quarter-inch. Higher amounts were noted in the foothills and Cascades.
Late Monday afternoon a line of showers and thunderstorms moved down the Willamette Valley towards Portland but mostly headed east before reaching the Columbia. More showers are on tap today with a break Wednesday and then rain Thursday and showers Friday and Saturday.
When will it top 70 degrees again? Looking at forecast models, it may be a while — perhaps next Sunday or Monday. Yep it is June all right, doesn’t surprise me a bit. In fact snow was forecast today down to the 3,500-4,000-foot level.
Rainfall amounts are still coming in from around the region for May and as I expected they vary widely. Weather observer Ellen Smart of Ridgefield reported that she didn’t get any of those heavy downpours two weeks ago that most of the county did. Stay tuned for this report in a future column very soon.
