jackets in june?

yes, ’tis true.

at first i was going to write about the recent 2008 presidential debates that were held on cnn, but after realizing that i could go on and on about it and that i really don’t feel like writing all that much this evening, i scrapped that idea (for another time i’m sure). plus, i’ve also written several politics-related entries so i’m sure you don’t want to hear yet another.

instead, i wanted to write about something more pleasant…the weather here in seattle as of late. in case you didn’t know, we did have a “heat wave” (well, a heat wave by pacific northwest standards) last week, where temperatures got well into the lower and mid 80s several days in a row. i can honestly say that i have been spoiled by the nice cool weather here since i arrived, where it did not get above 70 degrees probably until may and even then it was only in the low 70s. so of course when it gets up into the 80s it feels drastically hotter. luckily i’m used to the brutal summers in texas where it’s 90 degree and higher from may through september, so it didn’t bother me too much. i definitely don’t miss the texas heat, though i really do miss the severe storms you get there this time of year (which they have been getting a lot of lately). oh well, i’ll take the nice cool, rainy weather over the heat and occasional storms anyday!

so this week the heat wave of last week is only a memory and it has turned drastically cooler. high temperatures have only been in the 50s most of this week and only got above 60 today. the days have been nice, dreary and gray with off and on rain and drizzle… the kind of weather i love aside from major winter storms. it’s been cool enough to warrant needing a jacking during the days which is new to me. jackets in june? thanks to the cold waters of the pacific ocean and puget sound, whenever the weather is cloudy and drizzly the temperatures are persistantly cool when there is an onshore flow. sun returns tomorrow, but thankfully will be short-lived as another more potent storm moves in saturday brining rain and cool temperatures well into next week.

just look at the long range forecast guidance for days 6-10 away… depicting well below normal temperatures for all of the pacific northwest. below normal temperatures continue into days 8-14 according to this latest guidance issued by noaa. it would be nice to avoid any temperature at or above 90 degrees the entire summer here in seattle. it’s possible as last year there were only FOUR days the entire summer that reached or went above 90 degrees!