A Nice Weekend Ahead; Some Heat For Sunday

Good news weekend warriors. It looks like we have a nice weekend to enjoy coming up. Clearing weather tonight and Saturday morning, with rising heights forecasted. That means clearing skies and some real warmth for a day or two. Can you say 70F for the coastal region. And this is the time of year that we can laugh at all the valley folks dealing with thick wet fog... finally, summer is over.

Clouds and drizzle continue today, with clearing over the weekend. Sunday looks like the peak of the warm weather, but still very nice on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday are transitions days, as the jet dips south and tries to break through the blocking high. Good chance for rain by Thursday and through next weekend. Still the charts have backed off through the week, and are less bullish. While it looks to be wet and colder, we are not seeing a tropical tap brining copious amounts of rain.

This next event looks to bring snow. The current weather pattern has not been so nice to Tahoe. Along tops of the mountains, we have seen some very wet snow, but it rained up to 8200' in most areas, helping set that Sierra cement. The good news is that the steeps are getting cakes and all the nooks and crannies are filling in. And the next storm should coat us with the lighter, more fun variety of snow. Still, if you are heading up this weekend, bring your groomer skis and sharpen up those edges. And be careful. Ice is hard.

Next week's storm to bring cooler temperatures and lower snow levels. Still, they could remain fairly high, at about lake level. Currently it looks like a few inches at the lake and up to a foot in the hills, over 3-4 days. Of course, we are still a week away and lot could change before then.

Long term we are looking at a week or so of wet weather, and clearing for the holiday weekend. Or, of course, some models suggest a more progressive pattern, brining more wet and cold weather. I for one will be at a Bills game during this time, so I expect cold sleet for the Buffalo area. I mean, that is what a December in western New York should look like.

This wet weather ahead does not look too bad for the garden. The soil is very wet out there and not really drying out between systems. So of course, we hope everyone has good drainage. Lettuce and leafy greens continue to do well with out any real issues in the near future. The cold from a few weeks ago did stunt some plants and hurt some tender (like lettuce) produce, but we are looking to rebound well. So far this is looking like a great season from Brussels, artichokes, and kales. Get your green on.