Saturday, July 28, 2012

soggy and damp... (am.28.jul.12)>

It is partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog around the area early on this Saturday morning.  There have been more scattered light showers overnight, and even a period of thunder just before dawn, but I've only measured an additional 0.09" (2mm) of rain since last evening's report -- that leaves us with 0.19" (5mm) during the past 24 hours.  My overnight low temperature here in the upper part of town was 68.2F (20.1C).

Although we've had occasional showers/thundershowers developing and drifting through, rainfall amounts have been very light since mid-morning on Thursday when our most recent deluge ended.  We've been in the midst of a lull in the action, due to some slightly drier air in the upper-levels, and a lack of robust instability.  There will likely be more development of showers and thunder today and tonight, but at the moment, it looks like tomorrow (Sunday) into Tuesday will be our next window of opportunity for picking up some heavier rainfall amounts.  It's looking less and less likely that we'll be able to reach our normal July total of 38-40" (96-102cm) -- unless we really get creamed during the next four days.

I don't know about you, but I'm having a really tough time getting any laundry to dry.  With humidity remaining consistently above 90%, and staying near 100% for hours on end, we've definitely reached the point when dampness and sogginess has become the way of life...

SATURDAY:
some glimpses of sun possible, otherwise mostly cloudy with occasional fog.  a round or two of showers/thundershowers likely.
high: 23C (74F)

SATURDAY NIGHT:
partly to mostly cloudy and foggy at times.  good chance of a couple of showers and thundershowers in the area.
low: 19C (67F)

SUNDAY:
mostly cloudy.  periods of fog, rain and some thunder likely.
high: 23C (73F)

MONDAY:
mostly cloudy and foggy at times, with periods of rain and thunder.
morning low: 19C (67F)
daytime high: 22C (72F)

TUESDAY:
clouds, fog, rain and some thunder likely.
morning low: 19C (67F)
daytime high: 22C (72F)

WEDNESDAY:
a period or two of sun?  otherwise mostly cloudy and foggy at times.  occasional rain and some thunder still likely.
morning low: 19C (66F)
daytime high: 23C (73F)