Some glimmers of sunshine are making it through the clouds early this morning, and there is some patchy fog around as well. It's already up to 69F (20.5C), and the humidity reading stands at 87%. There was some thunder for a brief time before dawn, but I've recorded no additional rainfall overnight.
The rainfall rate has slowed way down the last few days -- at my location up here on Tushita Road below the Mountaineering Center, I've recorded only 0.45" (1.1cm) since Saturday. With only five days left in August, we still need around 4" (10cm) to end the month with a normal rainfall total. From where we stand, that shouldn't be too difficult a feat to pull off, as we should be easing back into a more active pattern during the coming 24 hours or so. Right now I'm not seeing much potential for extremely heavy, long-lasting rains, but a few periods of moderate to heavy rain are a good bet before the end of the week.
Yesterday's sunshine helped us crack 75F (24C), which was the warmest temperature of the month of August, and the second warmest since the 15th of July. As clouds and fog become more pervasive again during the coming few days, we'll most likely be saying 'goodbye' to temps that warm. In fact, we may not make it above 70F (21C) for a couple of days during the later part of the week.
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