The generally nice weather over the last week has masked a growing problem for Seattle’s temperatures: They’ve been stuck in a rut.
For the past eight days, the city’s high temperature has barely budged, varying between 68 and 71 degrees as a monotonous weather pattern set in. To wit, here’s Seattle’s scorecard since June 7: 71, 69, 69, 71, 68, 69, 70, 68.
Fortunately, today’s the day we finally dig out.
A burst of warm air from the south will free us from thermometer boredom, lifting highs into the upper 70s later this afternoon—with an outside shot of hitting 80 degrees east of Seattle. Sunny skies should be the rule of thumb throughout, offset occasionally by high clouds drifting overhead.
The mercury slowly drops back into the upper 60s around sunset, eventually lowering into the mid 50s early tomorrow morning. We then rebound back into the mid 70s for Father’s Day afternoon under partly sunny skies. Further east, the warm, southerly winds will interact with the rising terrain of the mountains, triggering thunderstorms over the Cascades. The storms should drift into Central Washington tomorrow night.
Morning clouds are possible to kick off the workweek on Monday, but they should burn back to the coast by mid-day, making for another partly sunny day in the city. We’ll only shave a few degrees off our high temperatures, with most places topping out in the low to mid 70s.
Another upper level low arrives on Tuesday, knocking the mercury back into the 60s amid the threat of scattered showers. The low is forecast to spin over the state the remainder of the week, allowing the weather to run the gamut between clouds, sun and occasional light rain.
Oh, and high temperatures will ebb and flow from 60 to 70 degrees, lest anyone gets too worried about falling into another rut.
Sigh—Seattle problems…
