Weather Eye: Extremely dry conditions should continue

The cool, dry weather continues after overnight lows Wednesday down into the 30s in many outlying areas. We had a dry cold front move through Tuesday that allowed skies to clear and temperatures to drop to the dew point. Another dry front moved through Wednesday. I suspect lows this morning were cooler than normal as well.

We have a series of weak systems heading our way through the weekend and into early next week. We can expect temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees depending on their movement and how much cloudiness occurs.

The sun is strong this time of year, so any clearing will push us up to the average high of 71 degrees quickly. I don’t see much in the rain bucket the next seven days, but as I mentioned here the other day, we’ll keep a chance of drizzle or a light shower any day in the next week or so.

It certainly won’t be a soaking rain if we get any, and the extremely dry conditions will continue. At this rate, if the summer months continue warm and dry, we could have a bad wildfire season from the coast to the Cascades.