Cool Pacific air is much less likely to promote lightning storms. Continued strong north winds along the coast to keep upwelling and ocean temperatures favorable for salmon. So far the offshore conditions are excellent for salmon. Those poor critters are going to need every advantage to fight through the very low river levels and return to their spawning grounds. Warm sunshine on the Fourth of July.
Few places can match Oregon in summertime.
George Taylor is the State Climatologist for Oregon, and is a faculty member at OSU's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.