Monday, May 5, 2014

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There are some patches of blue trying to appear, otherwise it is mostly cloudy early this morning.  My temperature here in the upper-part of town has fluctuated quite a bit overnight -- I'm recording a low of 59.5F (15.3C), but it's currently back up to 64.8F (18.2C).  There could have been some random sprinkles or very light showers since last evening's report, but I have nothing measurable showing up in my rain gauge.  Humidity is 37%.

Apart from two shower events on Saturday, we haven't picked up much significant rainfall from this ongoing stretch of unstable weather.  There was a lot of thunder rumbling in the mountains yesterday afternoon, and even some fresh thundershower development further to our southeast later last night, but the activity has indeed been scattered, random and inconsistent.  This pattern is expected to continue right through this week, with continuing alternations between sun, clouds, and scattered mainly PM thundershowers.  The best course of action is just to keep the umbrella within reach in case of a sudden shower, and also maybe a sweater or something in case it cools off for a couple of hours during a shower event.

Our air mass is still generally a warm one, and will allow temperatures to be very close to normal for the first part of May, as long as we can continue to get a decent amount of sunshine.  Right now it doesn't look like we'll see any truly hot weather here in McLeod for at least the next ten days or so, though we are inching toward the hottest time of the year...

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