There are a few thin patches of high clouds around the area at sunrise this morning, otherwise we have mostly clear skies. It's one of the warmest mornings of the season according to my thermometer up here on Tushita Road -- I'm recording a low temp of just 58.1F (14.5C). Humidity is very low, at 29%.
A west-northwest flow continues to dominate the upper-level pattern, and will be devoid of any significant disturbances today. That should allow us to enjoy a nice April day with plenty of sunshine, apart from occasional waves of thin high clouds and the potential for a build-up of cumulus clouds over the mountains this afternoon. If the sun can hold on long enough, our temps will be flirting with the warmest of the season and the year.
By tonight, the first in an extended series of upper-level disturbances will begin to move toward us. That will bring in at least a slight chance of a shower overnight, with a better chance of some scattered showers and/or thundershowers in the vicinity on Wednesday into Thursday. There will be very little break before a stronger disturbance in the series moves in on Friday into Saturday, keeping us braced for the development of more scattered showers and thunderstorms. As I've been mentioning, this is not a continuously rainy period we're talking about, just several days in which we'll have to be on the lookout for scattered shower/thunder development in the midst of alternating clouds and sun. Here at the mid-point of April, my rainfall total (0.74"/1.9cm) is actually a bit below average, believe it or not. Although we've had quite a few days so far this month with clouds and a few showers, amounts have been generally light.
CURRENT FORECAST info can be found on the tab above.
A west-northwest flow continues to dominate the upper-level pattern, and will be devoid of any significant disturbances today. That should allow us to enjoy a nice April day with plenty of sunshine, apart from occasional waves of thin high clouds and the potential for a build-up of cumulus clouds over the mountains this afternoon. If the sun can hold on long enough, our temps will be flirting with the warmest of the season and the year.
By tonight, the first in an extended series of upper-level disturbances will begin to move toward us. That will bring in at least a slight chance of a shower overnight, with a better chance of some scattered showers and/or thundershowers in the vicinity on Wednesday into Thursday. There will be very little break before a stronger disturbance in the series moves in on Friday into Saturday, keeping us braced for the development of more scattered showers and thunderstorms. As I've been mentioning, this is not a continuously rainy period we're talking about, just several days in which we'll have to be on the lookout for scattered shower/thunder development in the midst of alternating clouds and sun. Here at the mid-point of April, my rainfall total (0.74"/1.9cm) is actually a bit below average, believe it or not. Although we've had quite a few days so far this month with clouds and a few showers, amounts have been generally light.
CURRENT FORECAST info can be found on the tab above.
