Thursday, March 25, 2010

March Rolls Out With A Roar

Pleasant, cool and sunny weather to continue through next Monday. Well, kind of. We continue to have a very slight chance of showers overnight tonight. Ridging strengthens after this evening and we see a warming trend through the weekend. And then we can expect a good, wet, winter storm to hit us some time early to mid next week.

El Nino has actually seen a bit of strengthening in the past week, and climatological indicators are all in support of a return to a wetter more dynamic pattern. High pressure is building in north of Hawaii, which we have not seen all winter. It is possible that we could see winter storms returning for a period, beginning next week. The first system is expected to move into the Bay Area some time around Monday or Tuesday evening. A second system is expected later in the week, around Friday. This second system may move north of us, but we should still plan for at least some rain.

Cool temperatures continue today and tonight. Warm temperatures over the weekend will drop ahead of the storm. Cooling begins Monday with the high struggling to reach 60F by Wednesday. Exact timing is still difficult to determine, but we can expect a heavy fall of rain and mountain snow. This may bring us enough water and/or snowpack to bring us to average for April 1st. Pray for rain, as we still need some.

Get out there and enjoy this weekend. Warm and sunny weather expected. We had a great period to work on the garden. Temperatures are not expected to get too cold, but if you have any seedlings out there, you may want to give them a protective cover for next week. More to come early next week.

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