It is staying a little bit lighter in the late afternoon as our sunset is now after five o’clock. That means we are on our way to springtime in the great Northwest. But the calendar still shows many days of winter left to explore. Looking at temperatures in the middle section of the country, I get the chills. Imagine wind chills expected between 30 and 50 degrees below zero.
That huge arctic air mass to our east helped greatly in our little part of the world to eradicate the fog and low clouds. Sunny skies abound but it seems like there is always a trade-off. Overnight low temperatures are chilly to say the least. Vancouver officially dipped to 23 degrees early Sunday morning, making it the coldest temperature so far this winter season. On Monday morning, the low was 27 degrees.
I saw several readings in the upper teens in the colder locations of our county. And the east winds are back adding to the chill. Where the winds continue overnight will help keep low temperatures out of the 20s. Highs will be in the 40s all week. There is a weak weather system that wants to slide by later on Thursday, but I doubt we get any measurable rainfall. It’ll be quick and move out of the region on Friday and a sunny weekend is on tap. January continues dry.
We appear to be in a lull in the weather action much to the frustration of serious weather buffs. For those folks, this winter’s La Nina is turning into as one weather watcher stated, La Flop. But then again, that all depends on how you look at things. It has been less than exciting weather-wise that’s for sure.
