Thursday's stats:
Low temp: 65.5F (18.6C)
High temp: 71.9F (22.2C)
Rainfall: 0.10" (3mm) -- through midnight
We'll have to call our sky 'mostly cloudy' at sunset this evening, with some patches of fog drifting around as well. There's also some thunder rumbling in the mountains to our northeast, with some random very light sprinkles of rain thrown into the mix. This morning's sunshine was much more limited than yesterday's... with a combination of clouds and fog dominating for the remainder of the day. But once again -- we've had very little rainfall thus far, with my rain gauge still failing to register a measurement as of about 4:50pm.
This is now the end of the fifth day in a row with sub-par rainfall amounts across our immediate area. Just proof that things tend to balance out over the long haul -- considering our excessive rainfall totals during the first half of this month. We are right on the brink of a turn to another wet period, it appears, and according to all of the available computer model data it should have already kicked in. Let's see if the model projections hold any truth to them at all, as they are all forecasting periods of moderate to heavy rain between tonight and late Saturday night.
Sunday could possibly end up being a very wet day as well, but then there are signs of a batch of drier air working its way in from the west-northwest early next week. We're not talking at all about an end to the monsoon season, but we could see humidity levels drop into the 70-75% range for a while next week, with a greater percentage of sunshine. The latest model data is in flux, so we'll watch the evolution (as we always do...).
THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK and other info can be found on tabs above.
Low temp: 65.5F (18.6C)
High temp: 71.9F (22.2C)
Rainfall: 0.10" (3mm) -- through midnight
We'll have to call our sky 'mostly cloudy' at sunset this evening, with some patches of fog drifting around as well. There's also some thunder rumbling in the mountains to our northeast, with some random very light sprinkles of rain thrown into the mix. This morning's sunshine was much more limited than yesterday's... with a combination of clouds and fog dominating for the remainder of the day. But once again -- we've had very little rainfall thus far, with my rain gauge still failing to register a measurement as of about 4:50pm.
This is now the end of the fifth day in a row with sub-par rainfall amounts across our immediate area. Just proof that things tend to balance out over the long haul -- considering our excessive rainfall totals during the first half of this month. We are right on the brink of a turn to another wet period, it appears, and according to all of the available computer model data it should have already kicked in. Let's see if the model projections hold any truth to them at all, as they are all forecasting periods of moderate to heavy rain between tonight and late Saturday night.
Sunday could possibly end up being a very wet day as well, but then there are signs of a batch of drier air working its way in from the west-northwest early next week. We're not talking at all about an end to the monsoon season, but we could see humidity levels drop into the 70-75% range for a while next week, with a greater percentage of sunshine. The latest model data is in flux, so we'll watch the evolution (as we always do...).
THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK and other info can be found on tabs above.
