Warmup...With a Side of Rain
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Chilled to the bone today. Although the air wasn't what we call arctic, it was plenty cold. Highs struggled to make 40 in many spots. The only saving grace: the wind diminshed in the afternoon. Sun actually felt OK - even though it's very feeble this time of year (noontime sun angle is 25° - compared to 70° in mid June).
Speaking of the sun, we're nearing the shortest day of the year, more commonly known as the Winter Solstice. We're already close to another milestone too: the earliest sunset is Saturday at 4:11! After that, we gain close to a minute a day, ending up at 4:22 by New Year's Eve.
Anyway, temperatures are on the mend in the short term. We won't skyrocket back to the 50s just yet, however. I'm seeing a slow climb in the next couple of days - along with some wet weather to make it nice and raw.
Showers will most likely catch up with us by tomorrow afternoon and evening. Nothing noteworthy, but still enough to make you break out the umbrella if you're strolling around town to do some holiday shopping.
The one reprieve I see is on Sunday. A wedge of dry air will come in to widen the prospects for sun. It will also cool the air just a hair, ahead of the big warmup on Monday.
Speaking of, this may be our final stand of warm temps. Cooler air will infiltrate Wed-Thu next week, and pending the outcome of a pattern change by next weekend, it may have staying power.
Pete
Like A Waterfall
Posted by Pete Bouchard
If you were caught in those 'cloudbursts' today, you had more than you could handle in the rain department. Torrents fell in a short amount of time - what we deem 'flash flooding' in the weather biz. Since it happens suddenly, the National Weather Service has adopted the acronym TADD:
Thunderous Start to Workweek
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Heat and a bit of humidity fed a strong - and sometimes severe - line of thunderstorms today. By the time the dinner hour rolled around (6pm-ish), the storms had consolidated into a line. Everyone got a drink of water and a big drop in temperatures - some falling nearly 20 degrees in minutes!
We'll Take Average
Posted by Chris Lambert
Well, we had a lot of clouds this afternoon, but at least not a lot of rain. Sure a few showers were out there, scattered about, but hopefully they didn't ruin any plans you had with dad. Temps made it into the mid to upper 70s, which is close to the average for this time of year. In fact, the whole 7-day forecast is within 5 degrees of average each and every day. That means lots of upper 70s and lower 80s on the board. Not bad being average this time of year, huh?
Happy Father's Day
Posted by Chris Lambert
Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there, and to my dad as well. So what's on tap for the day? Golf, grilling, just hanging out? Whatever it is, all and all, it's still a pretty good day for dad weather-wise. I wish I could say the Father's Day forecast exactly repeats Saturday, but we do have a few late afternoon showers to track.