We had a pretty good thunderstorm during the night, and man did that cool things down! It was supposed to be in the mid-80's here today.... It's just 60, mostly cloudy and the sun is trying to come out.
We have two days of weather around 23-25C forecast (73-77)--today is really nice, there is a breeze, and the house was downright chilly when I got up this morning. The heat returns on Wednesday. No rain in the forecast--the gardens are suffering, as is the lawn. We have sunshine forecast through Friday, with temps ranging between 30-32 (~86-90). With that, we most likely will get the humidity back...it is the humidity that is the killer...
Inch and a half hail just east of us, it's zooming in fast:
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RAVALLI...CENTRAL MISSOULA...NORTHEASTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN MINERAL COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT/430 PM PDT/...
AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF LOLO...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSOULA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MISSOULA...HAMILTON...WOODSIDE...ALBERTON...VICTOR...LOLO.. . FLORENCE...STEVENSVILLE...FRENCHTOWN...EVARO...PINESDALE...GRANTSDALE . ..CORVALLIS...NINEMILE...HUSON AND BELL CROSSING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A WELL PROTECTED AREA.
111F/44C this afternoon. Starting to drop a few degrees now, though. Forecast to be the same tomorrow.
The west coast is now getting the heat wave that y'all in other parts of the USA and Canada have been getting. I have a friend in Indio, CA and it was 116F there today. Woah....
Oh, kades....lucky you, I so wish I had a pool....I keep hearing the next door neighbors splashing in their pool and I'm about ready to go hose myself down in the backyard. lol
For the rest of you, our present temp is 75ºF and dropping. It will go down into the 60's during the evening hours. This weekend is supposed to be hot and humid. It hasn't been humid during the day at all. That is why I will venture out on my scooter to go to the store.
All we got was dry thunderstorms with lots of wind and lightening...now we play the waiting game to see if any fires got started. Sometimes it takes a few days to see if anything ignites in the back country.
We are expecting more of the same tonight. It's still 90°F right now at 8pm.