Sunday, January 26, 2014

not much to watch... (pm.26.jan.14)>

Sunday's stats:

Low temp: 46.6F (8.1C)
High temp: 54.7F (12.6C)
Precipitation: none

We're wrapping up a fantastic Republic Day Sunday with mostly clear skies just after sunset.  Although there were a few high clouds this morning and a bit of cumulus development over the mountains this afternoon, there was definitely more sunshine around today than yesterday, boosting our high temp close to 55F (13C) for one of only a few times this month.  It was one of those days when it still felt a bit chilly in the shade, but downright warm in the direct sun.

I have nothing very new to report.  We're still in for an extended period of quiet, dry and unseasonably mild weather which should last throughout this week, and possibly beyond.  There's no huge area of high pressure expected to build in and provide us with unlimited sunshine day after day -- but neither is there any evidence of anything other than a couple of very weak disturbances which will bring us a few waves of cloudiness from time to time.  Unless one of those ripples in the upper-atmosphere ends up becoming deeper and stronger than currently projected, there will probably be very little chance of any precipitation at all for several days in a row.  This is actually looking like the longest stretch of totally dry weather since the middle of December.  Although January had been much drier than normal up until the middle of last week, we were still getting at least some random sprinkles of rain or a couple of snow flakes or a bit of sleet every two or three days.

The average high temp for the last few days of January is slowing inching its way back to around 50F (10C), but it will be a few degrees warmer than that most likely -- with a chance that we could nudge 60F during some afternoon sunshine between Tuesday and Friday or Saturday.

Keep track of the CURRENT FORECAST details on the tab above.