Sunday, July 20, 2014

variety prevails... (am.20.jul.14)>

It's partly cloudy with 75% humidity as the sun comes up this Sunday morning, and I'm recording an overnight low temp of 63.3F (17.4C).  There has only been a trace of rain in my gauge since last evening's report, though there were some scattered thundershowers around the area between about 8:00 and 10:00pm last night.

We've seen an easing of daily rainfall rates recently, after the massive dumpings during the early and middle parts of last week.  Still, we've managed to pick up significant amounts each 24 hour period, which is pretty much the norm for this time of year.  There's been a slight retreat of deep monsoon moisture occurring since Friday, and it looks like that trend will continue today through Monday -- allowing us some periods of sunshine, and keeping any truly persistent fog and long-lasting heavy rain away.  We could still get hit with a decent period of showers/thundershowers, however, so it's a good idea to keep the rain gear within reach.

Computer model data is extremely inconsistent and indecisive about the next wave of deep tropical moisture, but to my eyes, it looks like it could begin to affect us by Monday night or Tuesday.  That should set us up for another extended period of saturated conditions with the potential for some very large rainfall totals as we head toward the latter half of this week.

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