Friday, January 11, 2019

another brush with winter... (pm.11.jan.19)>

Friday's stats:

Low temp: 41.9ºF (5.5ºC)
High temp: 51.5ºF (10.8ºC)
Precipitation: none

Apart from some occasional waves of cloudiness, we've seen very little evidence of our next approaching storm system thus far.  The center of an upper-level low pressure circulation is located over southeastern Uzbekistan this evening, and is expected to move slowly southeastward during the next 36-48 hours.  Moisture is being drawn east-northeastward ahead of the area of low pressure... and although it is not a great amount, we all know that even a little bit of mid-winter moisture encountering the front ranges of the Himalayas can translate into a fairly significant amount of precipitation.

This incoming system still doesn't appear to be in the same category as the one we experienced exactly one week ago... but we need to be prepared for some rain and snow development around our general area, especially between Saturday afternoon and mid-day Sunday.  A blast of colder air is on the way as well, which will make it interesting to keep an eye on that rain/snow line...

THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK above contains forecast details.