Good Morning! This week will be very different than last week. Gone are the warm Spring-like temperatures. But, also gone is the relentless rain, which totaled 3 to 5”+ over much of the area. This week – not a drop. Bone dry. It will be cool, but not Arctic Cold. We’re headed close to the freeze mark over the next two nights. But, even though the 70+ temperatures are gone, the week ahead will actually be not too far from normal. (Normal 61/37) Next chance of rain will be on Sunday. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
TODAY: Breezy and cool. High 56. Cloudiness early in the day, will give way to sunshine. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Mostly clear and cold tonight. Low 31.
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NEXT FEW DAYS: This week will be dry and storm-free through Saturday. Temperatures will be much cooler than last week, but no Arctic air. Temperatures will fluctuate a little bit up and down. We’ll be near the freeze mark a couple of mornings. Warmer Friday and Saturday as the mercury recovers to the mid 60’s. That’s a bit above normal. All in all not a bad week in The Dead of Winer.
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A northwesterly flow aloft up at 18,000 feet will bring a series of weak reinforcing “dry” cool fronts.
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Expected rainfall this week. In our area, dry as a bone through Saturday. Next chance of rain Sunday.
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Here’s the 10 day Model Blend Temperature trend. Nice warming Friday and Saturday. No Arctic air. In fact looking way out 16 days, I still don’t see any arctic air. BUT, be on the lookout. Mid February through early March COULD include a HARSH Arctic Blast. Hope not. But, hang on….
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This morning everything is normal including Live on the radio 6 to 9AM on NewsTalk 93.1 WACV. There will be another Blog update in the morning.
–Rich
Chase enjoying the early morning fire…
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