Saturday, April 9, 2011

pleasant start to the weekend... (am.9.apr.11)>

we have a beautiful dawn in progress... mostly clear skies with a rather balmy temp of 58.1F (14.5C).  this is the warmest early morning low temperature since tuesday, the 29th of march!

our saturday will begin with lots of sunshine, and it should be a pleasantly warm day... but satellite photos are already showing batches of mid- and high clouds approaching from the west, in association with the next upper-level disturbance.  although temps aloft have warmed up, this is looking like a dynamic system, and there are indications it may be able to pull in more moisture than our most recent storms.  the first chance of shower and thunderstorm activity will enter the forecast this afternoon... with chances gradually increasing tomorrow into monday.  once again, we're not talking about any long-lasting, all-day rains, but just be prepared for a few of periods of showers and storms between late today and tuesday... with the best potential for significant rainfall on sunday and monday.

after today, our temperatures are going to be dropping a few degrees, keeping us below our mid-april normal high of around 75F (24C)... and although rain chances will start to diminish by tuesday, the general weather pattern will remain unsettled for much of next week.

SATURDAY: sunshine this morning, but increasing clouds by this afternoon, with a chance of a shower or thundershower.
high: 23C (73F)

SATURDAY NIGHT: partly cloudy skies, with a thundershower possible.
low: 15C (59F)

SUNDAY: partly to mostly cloudy, with a better chance of a couple of showers and/or thunderstorms.
high: 21C (70F)

MONDAY: mostly cloudy and cooler, with a few showers and thunderstorms likely.
high: 20C (68F)

TUESDAY: clouds, and a few peeks of sun.  unseasonably cool, with a lingering shower or two still possible.
high: 19C (67F)

WEDNESDAY: partly cloudy skies.
high: 21C (69F)