Cliff Mass: A stunner of a weekend

Floyd McKay

Floyd McKay Jul 3, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Bring forth the water wings and SPF! In the one upside of bad climate news, northwest cult weather hero Cliff Mass tells KPLU that this is going to be the kind of weekend that keeps Seattleites from mass migrating to California every winter. He predicts temperatures will be in the</p></h2>
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            <p>Bring forth the water wings and SPF! In the one upside of bad climate news, northwest cult weather hero <a href="http://www.kplu.org/post/weekend-curse-has-lifted-sunny-skies-and-summer-temps-ahead?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Cliff Mass tells KPLU</a> that this is going to be the kind of weekend that keeps Seattleites from mass migrating to California every winter. He predicts temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 70s all weekend long. Enjoy it while it lasts, because Mass is also predicting the eventual onset of Juneuary. "I suspect the coastal areas will see a big piece of the June Gloom certainly early in the week," he said. — B.A.</p>
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Bring forth the water wings and SPF! In the one upside of bad climate news, northwest cult weather hero Cliff Mass tells KPLU that this is going to be the kind of weekend that keeps Seattleites from mass migrating to California every winter. He predicts temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 70s all weekend long. Enjoy it while it lasts, because Mass is also predicting the eventual onset of Juneuary. "I suspect the coastal areas will see a big piece of the June Gloom certainly early in the week," he said. — B.A.

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By Floyd McKay

Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting