A mostly sunny weekend is in store! After a cloudy week, some sun will be nice! Below is the forecast for Puyallup from Weather Underground.
Expect a mostly sunny weekend, with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Rain showers return on Monday and linger into Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.
Now...a quick look at the latest release of the US Drought Monitor.
The drought is still very bad across the Western US, especially the Desert Southwest and Great Basin. However, as we’ve talked about in recent blogs, we can’t ignore the growing drought coverage in the Pacific Northwest. Below are zoomed in maps for Washington and Oregon from the Drought Monitor.
Washington is in better shape than Oregon, but there is still drought coverage.
In Oregon, the entire state is under some kind of drought, with Exceptional Drought in East Central Oregon and severe drought along portions of the coast. This is due to the small amount of normal rainfall across the whole state.
In Washington, the whole state except the Olympics and Cascades is under drought. The only change recently is an increase in Moderate Drought in SW and NE Washington.
I will continue to keep the blog updated with the Drought Monitor, and I have added a permanent link to the US Drought Monitor on the right side of the blog. (Once on the website, click a region on the map to see it in more detail).
One more thing...although the Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1st, two “invests” (areas of possible tropical development) are active in the Atlantic basin. Below is a map from the National Hurricane Center updated Friday night.
The area in the central Atlantic has a 90% chance of becoming a subtropical storm this weekend, and the area in the Gulf of Mexico has a 50% chance of becoming a brief tropical depression or storm early on Saturday. Ana is the first name of the upcoming season.
Stay updated here: National Hurricane Center (nhc.noaa.gov)
Enjoy the nice weekend!
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