Sunday, February 9, 2014

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It's a little bit hazy, but otherwise we have clear skies just before sunrise this Sunday morning.  I've recorded a low temp of 39.2F (4.0C) -- exactly the same as yesterday morning's low.  Humidity is currently 52%, and there has been no additional precipitation since those brief light showers last evening which didn't contribute anything measurable to my rain gauge here in the upper part of town.

The weather charts continue to look much more like mid-January than mid-February over the course of the next several days.  Some of the coldest air in the higher levels of the atmosphere of this entire winter season has settled across central Asia, and extends as far southeastward as our western Himalayan neighborhoods.  A few weak disturbances and circulations are embedded in the upper-level flow as well -- and with lingering moisture lying in wait here along the front slopes of the mountains, we're going to be dealing with the potential for cloud (and maybe fog) development by the afternoon hours again today.  There even remains a slight chance of an isolated PM shower somewhere around the area, with a better chance of some random light rain/snow showers late Monday into Tuesday.

Temperatures will remain significantly colder than average for this time of year -- rivaling our longest stretch of days below 50F (10C) which occurred back in the middle of January.  Although the days are getting longer and longer, the threat of clouds combined with this unseasonably cold air mass will prevent us from getting any kind of spring preview until at least the middle of next week.  And by the way, it looks like we have another chance of some significant rain and/or snow by Friday into Saturday.

The CURRENT FORECAST details can be found on the tab above.