Monday Morning Update. Happy Halloween.

Okay folks.  Things this morning are quite nice out there.  A nice fall day.  But hold on to your seats, because by the end of the work week it is looking a bit more like winter.  No, not just the nasty side of fall, but full blown winter.  I took a look at the morning's models, and things are starting to line up.

If the rain comes, we will be seeing more of these.  This fungus does not look edible.  Pogonip.

I will give you further updates as the week progresses, and as the time line of events becomes a bit more reliable.  At this point, we expect a cold front to move through late on Tuesday, but rain from this one should not reach our area.  Tahoe may see a few light showers, or even flurries, but not much hitting the ground.  Wednesday will be cool, but pleasant.  It now looks like the first bands of rain should be moving through Marin by late Thursday.  And it will be cold as another front passes through Friday morning.  The Friday commute should be wet.  Perhaps both ways.  Another shot of rain passes through on Sunday.

This past weekend was great for water sports along West Cliff in Santa Cruz.

The first half of next week looks to be cold, and perhaps a deeper, wetter storm driving into our coastline by the middle of next week.  Say Wednesday (9th) and Thursday.  After that it looks like we may be in for some clearing and warming.  A return to beautiful fall weather for mid month.  Or not.  Stay tuned and I will keep you posted.