This ridge created a split in the jet stream which considerable weakend the northern branch as it moved into Alaska. Henceforth, the southern branch of the jet stream began to move storms into California by Sunday. Dry weather continued for the rest of the week in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies as high pressure remained firmly in control. The rest of the week was wet in California, the Great Basin, Desert Southwest and central and southern Rockies as the southern branch of the jet stream brought a series of storms into the region. It has been extremely wet in Cascades so far this water-year.
All years are water-year years and all amounts are in inches.
The previous 24 hour record was .21 set back in 1980. High pressure and a offshore flow of air brought record high temperatures to western Washington this week. The following table shows the location of the record high, the new record high, the old record high and the year the record high was previously set. All temperatures are in Fahrenheit. Snow water amounts are between one to four inches.