Sunday, April 29, 2012

watching the sky... (pm.29.apr.12)>

We're in the midst of a partly cloudy and pleasantly mild evening, after another day that transitioned back and forth between sunshine and clouds.  Our period of thunder and light showers during the mid-day failed to deliver anything measurable in my rain gauge in the upper part of town, which was nice for those out and about on this Sunday.  I recorded a high temp of 68.7F (20.4C), which remains close to 10F (5C) cooler than average for the end of April.

Our volume of rainfall has eased considerably the last couple of days, but we're still obviously in an unsettled situation, with scattered showers and thunderstorms never too far away.  There will be a couple of more upper-level disturbances between tonight and Tuesday, which will keep the thundershower risk greater than 50/50, and also keep our temperatures from being able to warm up very much.  Although we haven't seen more than light rainfall amounts since late Thursday night... don't be surprised if we get slammed again sometime during the coming 36-48 hours or so.

Starting on Wednesday, I am cautiously optimistic that the atmosphere will begin to stabilize, allowing us decreasing chances of rain (except for perhaps the isolated mountain thunder action during the late PM).  Temperatures should also be on a gradual upward trend during the first few days of the new month.

SUNDAY NIGHT:
partly to mostly cloudy.  good chance of more showers and/or thunderstorms.
low: 13C (55F)

MONDAY:
a mix of clouds and sun again... with a risk of a thundershower or two.
high: 21C (70F)

MONDAY NIGHT:
partly cloudy with some thundershowers in the area.
low: 13C (56F)

TUESDAY (1st of MAY):
partly sunny with a good chance of a thundershower or two.
high: 22C (71F)

WEDNESDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy, with a risk of a PM thundershower.  a bit warmer.
morning low: 14C (57F)
daytime high: 23C (73F)

THURSDAY:
warmer, with sunshine and a few clouds.  an isolated PM thundershower?  
morning low: 16C (60F)
daytime high: 24C (76F)

FRIDAY:
partly to mostly sunny.  pleasantly warm.
morning low: 16C (61F)
daytime high: 25C (77F)