How are you enduring this cool weather? High temperatures the past few days have been disappointing for mid-May. I mean, when it can’t even get out of the 50s, that’s noteworthy. We managed to creep into the low 60s Saturday, but it was a struggle.
Today is forecast to be partly sunny with a rise to the 70-degree mark, a good start toward summer. A weak weather system moves by to our north, and it may tap some tropical moisture and clobber Puget Sound with a steady rain late tonight and Monday. A small chance a few dribbles reach Clark County, but as of Saturday afternoon writing this column, I keep measurable rain at bay.
Finally, high pressure establishes itself, and with a hot air mass from the desert Southwest bulging northwestward, we get back in the action with 80-degree highs Tuesday through Friday. Right now, I don’t see us reaching 90 degrees for the first time; however, you know how things can evolve. Keep on the lookout later in the week.
The cool air mass that kept us cool and a little damp last week brought upward of a foot of snow in the higher Cascades above 6,000 feet. Timberline reported 9 inches of new snow Friday. Let’s exit winter and return to summer, don’t you think?
