*Update @ 9:16am... I'm trying to be hopeful that maybe we'll see less cloud development later today, as humidity is now dipping to 40%, and some warmer air is arriving in the upper-levels of the atmosphere. We'll find out soon enough.
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We have clear skies at sunrise once again this morning, which has been the norm recently. My temp here in the upper part of town is just slightly below 54F (12C), and the humidity is lower than it has been at this time of the morning for a few days -- at 48%. It has been totally rainless for eight days in a row now -- check out the OCTOBER 2013 RAINFALL tab above if you are interested in what has been happening in the rain gauge during this month so far.
Our mornings have been generally living up to expectations for at least a couple of weeks now... but the varying degrees of cloud build-up during the afternoons remains odd for this time of year. It has still been pretty grey and gloomy for an hour or two during the mid- to late afternoons, with fairly rapid clearing around sunset. I see no reason to expect that situation to change significantly until we get a strong blast of much cooler and drier air from the northwest, and/or a line of thunderstorms driving through here.
Cooler temperatures the last few days may give way to some slight warming during this mid-week period... ahead of a rather strong upper-level disturbance still scheduled to move through here between late Wednesday and Friday. As that system moves in, we should see our risk of some scattered rain showers go up a bit. Then, as it moves out, our temps will be dropping once again -- most likely to their coolest levels of the fall season over the weekend.
The CURRENT FORECAST can always be found on the tab at the top of the page.
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We have clear skies at sunrise once again this morning, which has been the norm recently. My temp here in the upper part of town is just slightly below 54F (12C), and the humidity is lower than it has been at this time of the morning for a few days -- at 48%. It has been totally rainless for eight days in a row now -- check out the OCTOBER 2013 RAINFALL tab above if you are interested in what has been happening in the rain gauge during this month so far.
Our mornings have been generally living up to expectations for at least a couple of weeks now... but the varying degrees of cloud build-up during the afternoons remains odd for this time of year. It has still been pretty grey and gloomy for an hour or two during the mid- to late afternoons, with fairly rapid clearing around sunset. I see no reason to expect that situation to change significantly until we get a strong blast of much cooler and drier air from the northwest, and/or a line of thunderstorms driving through here.
Cooler temperatures the last few days may give way to some slight warming during this mid-week period... ahead of a rather strong upper-level disturbance still scheduled to move through here between late Wednesday and Friday. As that system moves in, we should see our risk of some scattered rain showers go up a bit. Then, as it moves out, our temps will be dropping once again -- most likely to their coolest levels of the fall season over the weekend.
The CURRENT FORECAST can always be found on the tab at the top of the page.
