Tuesday's stats:
Low temp: 64.4F (18.0C)
High temp: 74.5F (23.6C)
Rainfall: 0.51" (1.3cm) -- updated at 9:20pm
We're in the midst of another August evening that doesn't look or feel much like August. The persistence of thick clouds and fog this year has been lacking -- which is very odd, but not really anything to complain about. We've had more of the usual back-and-forth between fleeting periods of sun, clouds and fog all day, with rain shower development holding off until a bit later in the afternoon. Although there were a couple of light showers by 1:30pm, the moderate to briefly heavier showers didn't really get going until after 3:00pm. It has dried out again since around 5:30pm or so.
I have not personally experienced a monsoon season quite like this one. As I've mentioned several times during the past five weeks, we've had MORE sun, LESS fog, generally LOWER average humidity levels, but a bit MORE rainfall than average. I've recorded measurable rainfall each and every day since the 13th of July, and usually the daily total has exceeded a half inch. You can peruse the UPDATED RAINFALL TALLY tab above if you're interested in the daily play-by-play.
Today was the fourth day in a row that we've been dealing with a general slow-down in daily rainfall averages, along with some decent periods of sunshine and lower humidity readings. It's looking like this respite will be coming to an end fairly quickly, however, with all of the computer models showing various degrees of increasing moisture and heavier rain potential surging back into our area as we move into the latter part of the week. I think it's likely that we'll get hit with at least one or two rounds of very heavy rains (anytime of the day or night) by the time Saturday rolls around...
Low temp: 64.4F (18.0C)
High temp: 74.5F (23.6C)
Rainfall: 0.51" (1.3cm) -- updated at 9:20pm
We're in the midst of another August evening that doesn't look or feel much like August. The persistence of thick clouds and fog this year has been lacking -- which is very odd, but not really anything to complain about. We've had more of the usual back-and-forth between fleeting periods of sun, clouds and fog all day, with rain shower development holding off until a bit later in the afternoon. Although there were a couple of light showers by 1:30pm, the moderate to briefly heavier showers didn't really get going until after 3:00pm. It has dried out again since around 5:30pm or so.
I have not personally experienced a monsoon season quite like this one. As I've mentioned several times during the past five weeks, we've had MORE sun, LESS fog, generally LOWER average humidity levels, but a bit MORE rainfall than average. I've recorded measurable rainfall each and every day since the 13th of July, and usually the daily total has exceeded a half inch. You can peruse the UPDATED RAINFALL TALLY tab above if you're interested in the daily play-by-play.
Today was the fourth day in a row that we've been dealing with a general slow-down in daily rainfall averages, along with some decent periods of sunshine and lower humidity readings. It's looking like this respite will be coming to an end fairly quickly, however, with all of the computer models showing various degrees of increasing moisture and heavier rain potential surging back into our area as we move into the latter part of the week. I think it's likely that we'll get hit with at least one or two rounds of very heavy rains (anytime of the day or night) by the time Saturday rolls around...
