It is cloudy on this first morning of May, and I'm recording an overnight low temperature of 57.0F (13.9C) which occurred just before 6:00am. We had a fair amount of thunder and lightning last evening, but there were nothing more than a few sprinkles of rain... not enough to measure.
Although we got to enjoy a prolonged stretch of sunshine yesterday, I think we're all weary of this unsettled, occasionally showery, stormy and unseasonably coolish weather that has been hanging around for more than a week. Unfortunately, we're not quite out of the woods yet, as a final, lingering upper-level disturbance will be moving across our area today. Satellite photos this morning show a large patch of cloudiness overhead... extending westward into eastern Pakistan. There could also be a few showers and thundershowers intermittently developing and then dying away as this disturbance tracks to the east during the coming 12 hours or so. Hopefully we'll be able to get some sunshine at some point, however.
Starting tomorrow, the upper-level pattern is going to begin making its transition toward something more seasonable, with computer models showing a building ridge of high pressure in our neighborhood by the weekend. Random afternoon thundershowers, mainly over the mountains, can't be entirely ruled out, but it should be generally quieter, and definitely warmer. With only a little luck, we should be right at early May averages by Saturday...
Although we got to enjoy a prolonged stretch of sunshine yesterday, I think we're all weary of this unsettled, occasionally showery, stormy and unseasonably coolish weather that has been hanging around for more than a week. Unfortunately, we're not quite out of the woods yet, as a final, lingering upper-level disturbance will be moving across our area today. Satellite photos this morning show a large patch of cloudiness overhead... extending westward into eastern Pakistan. There could also be a few showers and thundershowers intermittently developing and then dying away as this disturbance tracks to the east during the coming 12 hours or so. Hopefully we'll be able to get some sunshine at some point, however.
Starting tomorrow, the upper-level pattern is going to begin making its transition toward something more seasonable, with computer models showing a building ridge of high pressure in our neighborhood by the weekend. Random afternoon thundershowers, mainly over the mountains, can't be entirely ruled out, but it should be generally quieter, and definitely warmer. With only a little luck, we should be right at early May averages by Saturday...
TUESDAY:
clouds gradually giving way to some sun. still a chance of a couple of showers or thundershowers in the area.
high: 22C (72F)
TUESDAY NIGHT:
a shower or thundershower possible in the evening, then clear to partly cloudy.
low: 14C (58F)
WEDNESDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy. an isolated PM thundershower?
high: 23C (74F)
THURSDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds. some PM mountain thunder?
morning low: 16C (60F)
daytime high: 24C (76F)
FRIDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy and pleasantly warm.
morning low: 16C (61F)
daytime high: 25C (77F)
SATURDAY:
partly to mostly sunny. even warmer...
morning low: 17C (62F)
daytime high: 26C (79F)
