Friday's stats:
Low temp: 43.6F (6.4C)
High temp: 52.9F (11.6C)
Precipitation: none
There are only a few clouds in the process of dissipating near the mountains just after sunset, otherwise it's mostly clear and very pleasant for a late January evening. It is interesting to note that we've gained back a lot of evening daylight in the five weeks since the winter solstice. Sunshine was definitely in control today, but still there was a good amount of cloud development over the mountains -- starting just before noon and continuing through most of the PM hours. Temperatures were quite a bit milder, as expected, as we climbed back above the average for this time of year.
The weather charts are looking about as dull and inactive as they've been in a while during the next several days, which should allow us to close out this first month of 2014 calmly and peacefully. Although there will be a few very weak disturbances in the upper-level flow passing across northern India, there will be very little moisture for them to tap into, and all of the available computer model data is keeping things very dry for us. I think I'll even remove the mention of a random shower from Sunday's forecast, though it does look like there will be a considerable amount of mid- and high cloudiness at times this weekend. If we can get a few hours of sunshine on any given day, temperatures are going to be very pleasant for the season -- and a few degrees above normal.
Barring any dramatic readjustments in the coming days, we may not get another significant storm system until towards the middle of the first week of February. But of course the overall pattern could easily morph and change in a matter of just a few days... so keep checking in for regular updates.
CURRENT FORECAST info is available on the tab at the top of the page.
Low temp: 43.6F (6.4C)
High temp: 52.9F (11.6C)
Precipitation: none
There are only a few clouds in the process of dissipating near the mountains just after sunset, otherwise it's mostly clear and very pleasant for a late January evening. It is interesting to note that we've gained back a lot of evening daylight in the five weeks since the winter solstice. Sunshine was definitely in control today, but still there was a good amount of cloud development over the mountains -- starting just before noon and continuing through most of the PM hours. Temperatures were quite a bit milder, as expected, as we climbed back above the average for this time of year.
The weather charts are looking about as dull and inactive as they've been in a while during the next several days, which should allow us to close out this first month of 2014 calmly and peacefully. Although there will be a few very weak disturbances in the upper-level flow passing across northern India, there will be very little moisture for them to tap into, and all of the available computer model data is keeping things very dry for us. I think I'll even remove the mention of a random shower from Sunday's forecast, though it does look like there will be a considerable amount of mid- and high cloudiness at times this weekend. If we can get a few hours of sunshine on any given day, temperatures are going to be very pleasant for the season -- and a few degrees above normal.
Barring any dramatic readjustments in the coming days, we may not get another significant storm system until towards the middle of the first week of February. But of course the overall pattern could easily morph and change in a matter of just a few days... so keep checking in for regular updates.
CURRENT FORECAST info is available on the tab at the top of the page.
