Tuesday, March 6, 2012

somewhat brighter... (am.06.mar.12)>

It was great to pull back the curtains this morning and see a bright eastern sky, considering all the storminess (again) overnight.  We had another round of rain, thunder, and hail in the 2 to 4AM range which left us with an additional 0.76" (1.9cm) in the rain gauge. There is still hail on the ground and rooftops here in the upper part of town.   In case you've been keeping track... that is now 2.52" (6.4cm) of rain since the very first showers began on Sunday morning.  The early morning low dipped to 45.5F (7.5C) during the hail.

It looks like we'll be seeing more sun today than we've had since Saturday, which is going to make it feel more pleasant.  But a steady stream of weak upper-level disturbances and associated pools of cold air aloft are expected at least through Thursday... keeping us in line for more periods of cloudiness, along with a few scattered showers and thundershowers.  We shouldn't see as much rain as we've had during the past 36-48 hours, for the rest of the week... but be prepared for the appearance of sudden showers and/or thunder, especially during the afternoons and evenings.

Temperatures will be on the cool side for March... but the "comfort" factor will have everything to do with the presence (or lack thereof) of sunshine.  Even with coolish temps, the sun's angle and the duration of daylight are increasing day by day... so that's some consolation.

TUESDAY:
a mix of sunshine and clouds.  still a risk of a shower or thundershower... mainly this afternoon.
high: 16C (61F)

TUESDAY NIGHT:
a thundershower possible during the evening, then partly cloudy overnight.
low: 9C (48F)

WEDNESDAY:
partly cloudy skies with a thundershower possible during the PM.
high: 16C (60F)

THURSDAY:
partly cloudy with a good chance of a period of showers and/or thunderstorms.
morning low: 9C (48F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)

FRIDAY:
partly to mostly sunny... unseasonably cool.
morning low: 8C (47F)
daytime high: 15C (59F)

SATURDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds... but remaining on the cool side.
morning low: 9C (48F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)