A Return to Dry

Longest day of the year, and of course, it has to be the wettest period of the whole month. Go figure.

Cool & damp today through late Saturday.  ⚠️CAUTION:  there is a moderate chance for thunderstorms around SW WA & western OR during this period.  Cold air aloft, peaks of sunshine warming the surface, and boom -> a thunderstorm can form.  Gusty winds, lightning, hail all possible; stay safe!

Indications are that Sunday the 22nd should bring on drier conditions, although temps will run below normal.  

Next week will bring a return to sunshine, with the exception of Thu Jun 26, when a quick moving trough of cooler temps & showers cross western WA.  Temps next week should run in the lower 70s; breezy afternoons.  

The last weekend of June will present as dry, warm & summer-like, with temps topping out in the 80s in most locations; low 90s possible in southern OR and around Burns, OR.

July is now charting to start out dry, with some cloudiness over the far NW corner of WA and portions of BC at times.  Temperatures should run in the normal range for the first week or so.  The 4th?  Well, breezy with a fairly strong onshore flow; dry.  We’ll see.