*Update @ 5:45pm... We're getting our first showers in more than a week right now -- with some thunder and gusty winds in the area as well. These should continue off and on for the next couple of hours. The evening update is coming by 7:00pm.
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It's partly cloudy at sunrise, with a humidity reading of 46%. My overnight low temp here in the upper part of town has been 62.2F (16.8C), and there has been no rainfall since last report. In fact, it has now been almost exactly one week since we've had any rain at all.
Our general weather pattern is a sluggish one, with a weak southwesterly flow in the upper atmosphere which will be gradually turning more to the west-northwest as we progress through the rest of this week. The main issue to deal with is marginal instability, as the surface layers continue to warm up in comparison to the pockets of cooler air in the higher levels. Although we haven't seen so much as a drop of rain this past week, a random shower or thundershower (mainly during the afternoon hours) could surprise us at any time, settling the dust and cooling us down temporarily. Overall, our temperatures continue to run several degrees below normal for the season -- keeping things more pleasant than they often are at this time of year.
A series of slightly more potent disturbances is expected to drop in from the northwest over the weekend, and that could increase our risk of more significant shower or thunderstorm action between late Friday and Sunday evening. Any rainfall would be of a scattered nature, but we'll have to watch it nonetheless.
CURRENT FORECAST info is available on the tab above.
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It's partly cloudy at sunrise, with a humidity reading of 46%. My overnight low temp here in the upper part of town has been 62.2F (16.8C), and there has been no rainfall since last report. In fact, it has now been almost exactly one week since we've had any rain at all.
Our general weather pattern is a sluggish one, with a weak southwesterly flow in the upper atmosphere which will be gradually turning more to the west-northwest as we progress through the rest of this week. The main issue to deal with is marginal instability, as the surface layers continue to warm up in comparison to the pockets of cooler air in the higher levels. Although we haven't seen so much as a drop of rain this past week, a random shower or thundershower (mainly during the afternoon hours) could surprise us at any time, settling the dust and cooling us down temporarily. Overall, our temperatures continue to run several degrees below normal for the season -- keeping things more pleasant than they often are at this time of year.
A series of slightly more potent disturbances is expected to drop in from the northwest over the weekend, and that could increase our risk of more significant shower or thunderstorm action between late Friday and Sunday evening. Any rainfall would be of a scattered nature, but we'll have to watch it nonetheless.
CURRENT FORECAST info is available on the tab above.
