1:41 p.m., Friday the 28th
Hi opal,
I don't know what it is, something about the general weather patterns, maybe because we're adjacent to the Pacific Ocean with cooler temps, we just don't get a lot of extreme weather. Why does the Atlantic Northeast get extreme weather? I don't know. One advantage is that we usually don't get much if any snow in the Winter, at least not here at the low elevations.
Generally speaking, I think weather in the United States tends to travel from the Southwest to the Northeast; this may have something to do with it. The PNW is mostly getting weather straight off the ocean, the ANE is getting weather from the elevated land to the southwest. I don't know, I am poorly educated in these areas and am just totally guessing. Whatever the reasons, I savor what few thunderstorms we have.
The temperature right now is 68°, it will get up to 70°. The rest of the coming week will be warmer, with a couple of days getting up to 80°. No rain in the forecast. This concludes my riport.