West coast cooler than normal, heatwave and humidity to hit toward the end of the month
| Published on July 18, 2011 8:20 pm PT – By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist – Article Editor and Approved – Ron Jackson |
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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — Cooler than normal temperatures continue for the Western Coast of the United States as trough hangs tight.
Rain fell in parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon on Monday and this will move east for your Tuesday. A frontal zone will bring rain to the Seattle and Portland areas on Thursday. This is not a flooding hazard, but it will drop some rainfall in these spots.
As for the rest of the coastal areas, Southern California is in the middle of a ridge to the east and a trough over the Pacific Northwest. The trough seems to be winning as thunderstorms are confined in the state of Arizona.
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