A Glorious 4th Delights the Coasters

Photo by Montel Graves

My sister lives in Oysterville up near the top of the peninsula and reported that the 4th was absolutely spectacular with near perfect weather and nice clear skies for the fireworks display at Long Beach. Coastal weather does not always cooperate but this year it did and the scene looked amazing. She captured some pictures of the fireworks against a dusk sky and it did indeed look like near perfection. 

Down in the Portland-Vancouver metro area it was also perfect weather with a high of 75º and a 9:30PM temp around 68º under sunny skies all day long and clear skies all night. It seems that SW Washington in general had a 4th to remember and that is always nice.

My sister has reported to me on occasion that she remains surprised at how little fog she gets considering the notorious reputation for it. It is by no means absent but summertime does deliver a fair number of clear nights by her record. She has lived there now going on five years. I think it could be related to the mouth of the Columbia River acting perhaps as a bit of a blower pushing the marine layer back a bit in the near vicinity including the Long Beach Peninsula. Perhaps I can get a meteorologist to confirm or refute that.

If the beach life is for you the Long Beach Peninsula could be your ticket to happiness.