Wild and Wet June will Flip a 180

With only 1.7 inches of rain in the bucket this month we are actually leaning towards a lower than average rainfall total for the month. Yet it somehow feels like it poured all month.  Perhaps it was the localized heavy squalls that dumped copious sums of water down upon us. Some of these may have missed the rain bucket. Maybe it has been this latest long stretch of mildly cool and cloudy weather late in June that has led to the damp perceptions.

All of that is about to change my friends.  The National Weather Service has issued a Weather Statement for the end of this week and into next week.  It's not for thunderstorms either.

"A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH AND
WEST FROM ARIZONA AND UTAH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...CAUSING
TEMPERATURES TO HEAT UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WILL BE NO EXCEPTION...
WITH INLAND VALLEY HIGHS WARMING UP TO AROUND 80 DEGREES THURSDAY
AND PUSHING 90 DEGREES FRIDAY. HUMIDITY LEFT OVER FROM OUR RECENT
RAINS WILL MAKE IT FEEL MUGGIER THAN USUAL...AND NIGHTS WILL BE
SLOW TO COOL OFF."

So, all of you complainers that have been whining about the cool temps and wet conditions this is for you. Do not let me hear you moaning about how hot it is this weekend. Here is the NWS forecast...

Summer will arrive a few days early. We may see the first 90 degree mark of the year this week. Soak it up.