Dry weather continues extending chance to break no-rain record
Sep 7, 2012, 7:01 AM | Updated: 10:34 am
Forecasters say the warm, dry weather will continue in Washington, at least a couple more days, bringing us within striking distance of the record for longest dry stretch in the Seattle area.
“Folks…it is going to be close,” UW meteorologist Cliff Mass writes on his weather blog.
The last measurable precipitation at Sea-Tac Airport was July 22. The record dry stretch of 51 days, set in 1951, would be tied on Tuesday if the rain holds off.
Sunny skies with highs in the 80s are forecast Friday and Saturday in Western Washington. The National Weather Service says clouds Sunday are bringing a threat of rain Sunday night. That could end the Seattle area dry streak.
KING 5’s Rich Marriott says if the showers don’t get us on Sunday, there is still a chance they could fall on Monday.
If the rain does make its return, Mass says it will be none too soon for many Seattleites.
“Seattle residents unaccustomed to a record-breaking stretch of sun and warmth are reacting with guilt, anxiety, and discomfort,” Mass writes. “I cannot count the number of emails I have received by folks asking when the clouds and rain will return.”
Mass says some feel there will be pay back later for all this dry weather now.
The Eastern Washington forecast calls for highs in the 80s through the weekend with a slight chance of thunderstorms on Sunday.
By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
