Wednesday's stats:
Early morning low temp: 40.1F (4.5C)
Afternoon high temp: 50.9F (10.5C)
Rainfall: none
I spotted one little cumulus cloud trying really hard to develop over the mountains around mid-afternoon, otherwise we had wall-to-wall sunshine today. Unfortunately, if you weren't able to spend most of your time in the direct sunlight, it was very chilly -- one of the coldest days of the winter season, in fact. Temperatures have been on a slow and steady slide for the past several days now.
Winds in the upper-levels of the atmosphere are roaring from west-to-east, from the Mediterranean Sea all the way across northern India. There are several weak ripples/disturbances in this rapid flow, but no significant storm systems anywhere in sight. From the way it looks right now, we're going to have a hard time coming up with any measurable precipitation (either rain or snow) for at least another week to 10 days or so. I hope the pattern changes, because we need the moisture -- and also it's time for us to get into more of a wet winter pattern.
These weak disturbances during the coming several days will give us several hours of high cloudiness from time to time, and perhaps deliver a few sprinkles of rain or some quick snow showers up in the mountains (especially late Friday into Saturday). Otherwise, expect some nice periods of mid-winter sun, along with temperatures running fairly close to normal for the the first half of January.
Early morning low temp: 40.1F (4.5C)
Afternoon high temp: 50.9F (10.5C)
Rainfall: none
I spotted one little cumulus cloud trying really hard to develop over the mountains around mid-afternoon, otherwise we had wall-to-wall sunshine today. Unfortunately, if you weren't able to spend most of your time in the direct sunlight, it was very chilly -- one of the coldest days of the winter season, in fact. Temperatures have been on a slow and steady slide for the past several days now.
Winds in the upper-levels of the atmosphere are roaring from west-to-east, from the Mediterranean Sea all the way across northern India. There are several weak ripples/disturbances in this rapid flow, but no significant storm systems anywhere in sight. From the way it looks right now, we're going to have a hard time coming up with any measurable precipitation (either rain or snow) for at least another week to 10 days or so. I hope the pattern changes, because we need the moisture -- and also it's time for us to get into more of a wet winter pattern.
These weak disturbances during the coming several days will give us several hours of high cloudiness from time to time, and perhaps deliver a few sprinkles of rain or some quick snow showers up in the mountains (especially late Friday into Saturday). Otherwise, expect some nice periods of mid-winter sun, along with temperatures running fairly close to normal for the the first half of January.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
clear skies. seasonably cold.
low: 4C (39F)
THURSDAY:
a mix of sun and occasional high clouds
high: 11C (51F)
THURSDAY NIGHT:
partly cloudy. not quite as cold.
low: 6C (42F)
FRIDAY:
partly cloudy, to mostly cloudy at times. slight chance of a few sprinkles of rain, mainly late.
high: 11C (51F)
SATURDAY:
both clouds and some periods of sun. chance of a brief, passing light shower.
morning low: 6C (42F)
daytime high: 9C (49F)
SUNDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy... quite cold.
morning low: 4C (39F)
daytime high: 9C (49F)
MONDAY:
mostly sunny skies. normal temps for january.
morning low: 4C (39F)
daytime high: 10C (50F)
