Making your plans for this weekend will be a gamble. We currently have a low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska, on its way to the west coast. This storm is supposed to close off just before hitting California. Once it does that, it is anybodies guess as to what will happen next. The best forecast models does have the system dropping south. For the Sierra, this mean light (if any) snow showers and cool weather. For the Bay Area, we could be high and dry, or showery and cloudy.
One scenerio has the storm dropping south before ever impacting the coast. This will keep us dry, with some high clouds, through mid day Saturday, with then a slight chance of wrap around showers Saturday evening into Sunday morning. A second scenario has the storm reaching the coast some time on Friday, with significant showers north of SF. As the system then drops south, we could expect a short lived, but moderate rain fall, followed by showery weather lasting through mid day on Sunday. Still, this scattered showers weather can make for a great day of hiking around the redwoods. It helps create fog and cloud forest appeal.
As I stated in my comment yesterday, the good news is around produce. The past months have been just about the right amount of wet. Artichokes are coming back into season a bit early this year. Expect high quality and low prices starting about next week. Asparagus is expected to do well. the crowns did not rot (yay!), and we are already seeing some Salinas product coming into the market, and can expect the awesome Delta Aspargus to show in a few weeks. This bodes well for our produce season in general. If we continue with the moderate rains, with brief warma nd sunny periods inbetween, we can expect a bountiful Californai harvest, and plenty of water to go around.
Tuesday evening's break in the storms was perfect. I checked out my back yard plot and was excited to see that it was time again to pick some lettuce. This weather has been awesome for production. I was also excited to see my year old plus (been producing since UJanuary of 2009) chard plants needed to be trimmed back. Escarole also yielded well - and helped with last nights dinner of a escarole, Italian sausage, garlic, lemon & chili flake pasta. Yum. My kale still has not had its break out period, but at least offer some harvest every two weeks.
Snow report: Good storms this week have deposited 2'+ of dry light snow on the South Lake resorts. Less up north. Cool temps expected through the weekend should keep the shussing good. If we get even a little snow Friday/Saturday, it could be awesome. Easy driving expected with no major storms predicted. If you like the winter snow, get it while it is here. Spring conditions are not too far away. Backcountry is a little sketch from the last series of storms streching back to Feb. 19th. Know before you go. But it is pretty awesome out there. Last Sunday yielded some waist deep, with just a little work.
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