The weather this holiday weekend certainly didn’t contribute to a hot Fourth of July, or even the day after when summer weather generally can be counted on. I’m glad I mentioned in my last column that the high pressure would slowly move over us. It was a snail’s pace.
As a result, we struggled to make it into the 70s, and this Fourth will go into the record books as a cool and cloudy one. Did you notice the humidity Saturday as well? It made it feel warmer than it was.
The weather picture looks like this: We’ll have an upper-level trough of low pressure remain parked over the Pacific Northwest, keeping plenty of clouds and a chance of drizzle or showers almost any day for the next seven days. Temperatures will be near normal and most likely below average all week. No end in sight of improving weather on the horizon. No soaking rains anticipated, so watering chores will continue.
Good news for keeping wildfires at bay. Poor news for sun worshipers and vegetable gardens. We are only a few days into the month but are running more than 3 degrees below average with the overall temperatures.
