Sunshine and Warmer.

Natural Bridges SP offers up the Green.

The lingering clouds, fog and drizzle (yes drizzle) are clearing today.  In fact, the sun has broken out everywhere except the immediate coast and low lying areas.  Soon, they too will have a wonderful day on tap.  The next few coming days look to be quite pleasant.  A slight warming trend is expected, especially along the coast.  Los Gatos will continue to see 80's.  Probably mid 80s by Saturday.  Santa Cruz should be about 70F today and mid 70's by the weekend.  SF will see a spread of mid 60s in the Sunset today to high 70s downtown for Saturday.  The beach should remain cool.  The mountains will heat up finally, with mid 80s forecasted in parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Still expect well shaded valleys to stay cool.  But it could be a great weekend for a hike through a redwood forest.



Mid term, things look to stay the same through the middle of next week.  Chances of fog diminish, as a storm forming day at the dateline moves into the northern Gulf over the weekend.  It looks to be a rainy month for Seattle northward.  A stronger, broad system moves squarely into the Gulf around the 25th.  This is keeping with previous models of some sort of larger system in the area around this period of time.  Again, this system should drench Seattle northward.  This time rain extends south through Washington State.  Another system is modeled in the Gulf around the 3rd.  Remember, these are fantasy models.   This system is to reach further south, nearly to our direct west.  As it approaches the coast, it too looks to lift, with rain only from Humbolt north.

More Momarchs have arrived.  Easily thousands upon thousands in the grove.  When the wind blows...

The take aways.  Great weekend and week stretch ahead of us.  Perhaps stretching even further out.  Probably won't see much fog in part due to storms moving through the Gulf of Alaska and onshore north of us.  Might start getting some waves again.  Probably won't rain for a bit, unless the jet shifts further south.  Strawberries could bounce back.  A great time to get out and play.  And handle some yard work. I bet those leaves need to be raked again.  Almost time to plants some garlic.