Warming Up

Two down two to go... as in two days left of full sunshine in our sunny and dry streak.  Four days of sun seems unheard of and unusual with our track record of showers and below normal temperatures for the Pacific Northwest region this year. On Tuesday the thermometer dipped to the record low of 39 degrees F, and places in the South Sound reported frost! Those showery days all seem distant now when we are regularly waking up to sun :) jk.

The bite. Sun, sun, and more sun.  With our air mass still cold, mornings and nights will be chilly, however with the sun as strong as late August the day will warm up nicely.  And, yes if you would like a Seattle tan today and Friday will do it.  Like I wrote earlier, the best chance for a 70 degree day is Friday and for the weather geeks if that temperature is not reached in Seattle, 2011 will go down as the latest first 70 degree reading; the latest date is May 23 according to Scott from KOMO and the models are definitely pointing to cooler weather for the next couple of days.

Here is one of the models with 4km spacing for Friday May 20th temperatures at 5pm.

Seattle is covered with the pink stuff but if a sea breeze kicks in the thermometer may be teasing us with 69 degrees.  Regardless, 71 degrees or 69 degrees both feel the same to me :)