WeatherWatcher: A wet and cool week ahead

--The Week ahead

--Recent thunderstorms

--Weather data

We are looking at a cool and wet week ahead of us. We will see rain showers off and on through next Friday, with some sun breaks mixed in here and there. It's possible we might have a nice sunny day mixed in.

We've had a very long, and unusual streak of unstable weather for our region for the past 2 and a half weeks. Most notably the Friday July 13th storm that blew through the region in the morning from about 8am to 11am. I believe these are the effects of the greater weather patterns coming off of a La Nina pattern in combination with several other factors going on globally. In short we are in an unusual weather pattern that has been generating unstable and humid air. Normally these conditions last 1-3 days and then we are done for the summer. I'm continuing research into this weather pattern and will provide an update within a few weeks on the remainder of our summer outlook.

Weekly weather data:

June 23rd - June 29th:

High temperature: 75.2°F (Thursday June 28th)

Low temperature: 46.4°F (Wednesday June 27th)

Rainiest day: 0.58 inches (Saturday June 23rd)

Total rainfall: 0.71 inches

Warmest day: 63.5°F (Friday June 29th)

Coldest day: 54.2°F (Tuesday June 26th)

Average temperature: 58.2°F

June 30th - July 6th:

High temperature: 76.1°F (Friday July 6th)

Low temperature: 46.0°F (Thursday July 5th)

Rainiest day: 0.40 inches (Tuesday July 3rd) *

Total rainfall: 0.53 inches *

Warmest day: 62.3°F (Friday July 6th)

Coldest day: 55.1°F (Tuesday July 3rd)

Average temperature: 58.2°F

July 7th - July 13th:

High temperature: 81.7°F (Thursday July 12th)

Low temperature: 51.1°F (Saturday July 7th)

Rainiest day: 0.09 inches (Friday July 13th) *

Total rainfall: 0.09 inches *

Warmest day: 67.2°F (Thursday July 12th)

Coldest day: 61.2°F (Tuesday July 10th)

Average temperature: 63.7°F

July 14th - 20th:

High temperature: 79.0°F (Monday July 16th)

Low temperature: 53.4°F (Monday July 16th)

Rainiest day: 0.17 inches (Friday July 20th)

Total rainfall: 0.21 inches

Warmest day: 66.2°F (Tuesday July 17th)

Coldest day: 59.0°F (Sunday July 15th)

Average temperature: 63.5°F

Note: All rainfall data from July 1st through July 14th as noted with an (*) was recorded from Central Market's Weather Station in Shoreline due to a rain gauge malfunction at my station in Echo Lake.

Warmest and coldest days are based on average temperature of the entire day, starting at midnight.  All other averages are based on the whole week, starting Saturday morning at midnight.  All weather data unless otherwise noted is sourced from Carl's Shoreline Weather Station.

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