On the climate front, we’re now past the warmest part of the year, when the sun’s waning and shorter days are finally starting to affect their meteorological numbers.
And over the next few days, we’ll feel significantly warmer than the normal highs, but pleasant temperatures at night.
But on Wednesday, both cooling and showers will move in, with the side benefit of helping control some of the local wildfires.
Satellite images visible this morning show clear skies, but some smoke from the Vantage grass fires and the northern extent of the lightning-induced fires in the central Oregon Cascades (Cedar Creek Flames). There was also a small fire in south-central BC.
Warmth today and tomorrow will be combined with the NW extension of an upper ridge to the North West (see upper map at 5 a.m. Monday, below). But keep an eye out for the deep western lowlands of northern California.
It has our name on it.
At 5 p.m. Wednesday, low temperatures will approach our shores with the inland ridge receding to the east. Think cooler. And wet.
Latest National Weather Service National combination of modelsa statistical method that gathers information from a variety of models and observational inputs, showing that in Seattle the peak will rise above 80 today and tomorrow, decrease slightly on Tuesday and then decline strongly down to 75 on Wednesday, followed by around 80F for the rest of the week.
The stream will be around 60F every night, so evening cooling is needed.
Much warmer east of the Cascades, but not as much as last week. In Pasco, it will be warm from 100 to Tuesday, followed by the upper 90s.
Nearby lows will bring some showers to the area on Wednesday, with cumulative rainfall through 5 a.m. Thursday showing light rain off the coast, along western Washington and over much of eastern Oregon. .
Although warm, visibility in Seafair will be excellent today, if you want to catch the new (and larger) Blue Angels.
