Weather couldn’t be better!

Just after noon on Friday, we here in Ocean Shores are finally getting some relief from the relentlessly blazing sun. Thank goodness we at last have some cooling clouds, delightful breeze and gentle rain!

The official North Coast News visitor-friendly forecast, for this holiday weekend:

This afternoon: While there is a 20% chance of blinding, dangerous sunshine, you’re generally safe, as there’s an 80% chance of skin-invigorating, healthy rain. A steady, 20-25 mph wind makes it perfect for flying kites, or hitting the bar.

Saturday: A senses-stimulating, sideways morning rain is the perfect start to the day! The afternoon will have stretches where it’s dry enough to dash to your car, without getting entirely soaked. This just in: sun, on Saturday afternoon!

Sunday: Only 20% chance of rain! A Memorial Day weekend record, for Ocean Shores! If you’re visiting, please be careful of us Locals, stumbling around squinting in the sun like moles emerged from the depths of the earth . . .

Memorial Day: It’ll probably rain, but don’t be a baby. If God had meant for us to stay dry, He wouldn’t have invented precipitation. Or Ocean Shores.

Good, reasonably-priced rooms are still available, so cast away your urban ennui and come on out to the beach, hunt for glass floats, collect sand dollars and agates, don’t touch the baby seals, watch for deer and bears (!) while you’re driving around our newly paved city, visit our charmingly quirky shops, check out the big show (wood carvers, classic cars, home expo) at the Convention Center, marvel at our fancy new Roundabout intersection (“What part of ‘Yield’ don’t you understand?!”), coffee up and watch the waves at the Jetty, hike through the marvelous Weatherwax, try your luck at the Quinault Casino, rent a moped, go miniature golfing, eat, drink and be rainy.

See? This is what it was like just yesterday, and will be, again . . .