The primary query I’ve been requested the previous few weeks is actually this: when will the rain return?
And I can reply that now: the center of this week.
Right this moment was one other good heat day, with the origin being a robust upper-level ridge over the West Coast (see higher degree map at 5 AM this morning, beneath). Sure, one other ridge.
This ridge was related to low degree easterly circulate that pushed extra of the smoke from the smoldering Bolt Creek fireplace into some communities on the jap facet of Puget Sound nation (see midday satellite tv for pc picture beneath)
You possibly can view the air high quality implications wutg the Purple Air map round 3 PM (orange and crimson are worst). Not as dangerous as final week, however some haze is obvious on the east facet. Some have smelt smoke.
Tomorrow would be the final heat day within the sequence. All the things adjustments on Wednesday, as a average upper-level trough strikes in (see upper-level map at 5 AM Wednesday). And it will not be the final.
Mild rain is forecast for Wednesday into early Thursday, with a lot cooler temperatures. The map beneath whows the 24-h totalys ending 11 AM Thursday. Typical early fall precipitation occasion.
It should dry out for a couple of days after that after which one other system is predicted subsequent Tuesday (see 24-precipitation ending 5 AM Wednesday)
The summer season has been drier and hotter than regular, one thing I’ll talk about in a subsequent weblog. Benefit from the heat whilst you can….
