Greetings again! 🙂 A very short update tonight. The brief period of light rain we are seeing this evening will end tonight leaving us dry come Wednesday morning. This is a weak and fast moving storm, and really it’s just brushing us on it’s way to California.

The rest of this week will be nice and dry. In fact, dry weather is likely through next Tuesday or even next Wednesday (the 25th). Patchy fog some mornings, and lots of warm afternoon sunshine. Lows each morning in will begin in the upper 40s to near 50° and highs will soar into the mid to upper 70s. In my opinion it will be near perfect early fall weather.

The other nice thing is the rain has really brought our wildfire season to a crawl. It’s extremely unlikely we will see any new outbreaks of fires this season, and if you look at this map showing total precipitation over the past 30 days then you will see why it’s so unlikely.

The majority of the Cascades have picked up 2 to 3 inches of rain over the past few weeks with more falling this evening. The fires will certainly continue to burn, but at an incredibly slow rate. Their days are numbered.

Knowing we can enjoy the sunny weather and not fret over new fires is really nice. So take advantage of the beautiful warm afternoons and nice crisp mornings while it lasts, because we all know the rain will return again.

Have a great Wednesday and stay safe!!