Summer is Here, Sort of.

The summer solstice arrived last night at 10:04 pm and that makes today the first full day of summer. The solstice is the official beginning of summer but here in the Northwest, especially west of the Cascade mountains we have to wait a few more weeks.

The sun, if only it were out today, would stay in the sky blazing like a midnight candle, for nearly sixteen hours.  Today has been a nice quiet day. Warm but cloudy with a high that tickled the 70 mark before settling in around 65 most of the afternoon.  I witnessed a few raindrops here and there but nay enough to wet the road.  The first day of summer feels like the 92nd day of spring.  Because it kind of is.

tomorrow looks to be a very summer-like day but look at that forecast friends.  Nothing quite says 94th, 95th and 96th day of spring quite like the late June shower session predicted above. That meme I posted a few days back is starting to really sink in.  The rain does get warmer.  

I have been promising a summer for the last several weeks and our 75 days of glory are not far away.  Get out tomorrow and soak up all 78 degrees of sunshine. Then cruise through the first part of next week with 70s and showers while we close out the last two weeks of our 110 day spring.