Pleasant Summer

Comfortable summer weather continues as we near the end of July.  Morn’n bev ready?

Pleasant temp range this weekend around the PNW.  By late Sunday, a cool trough of Low pressure drops south along the BC coast, ushering in a chance for a few showers over Vancouver Is & environs.  Partly cloudy, mild over the Sound, with chance for a shower or two.  (We simply do not ’see’ a big rain event next week, as have other forecasters, but we could be in error.)  For OR & ID, expect the sunny pattern to roll through the weekend and continue next week.  

Right now, it looks like our next ‘heat up’ may begin later next week, say Thu or Fri.  Temps around the PNW are likely to bump back up into the uncomfortable range —> 90+.  

The first few days of August - including the weekend - could be rather toasty & a tad muggy, as a heat Low builds to the east, setting off possible thunderstorms east side.  Early yet on this, but be aware.  The heat will reach north into SW BC.  Sunday could be a few degrees cooler, esp north of Chehalis.

Weak onshore flow for the week of Aug 5-9 should tap down regional temperatures back into the 80s inland (warmer in the eastern basins).  

🌀 Topical Tropical:  The Eastern Pacific will spin up a couple hurricanes, with no threat of landfall.  The yet-to-be-named storm, CARLOTTA, may drift towards to Hawaii before diminishing.   Quiet in the Atlantic, although the dry Saharan air mass may weaken, opening the door for tropical storm development west of Africa.