Monday, May 13, 2013

British Columbia gets some Steady Rainfall, while Santa Cruz sees Mostly Sunshine.

It sure is wet up north.  Even as far south as Portland has seen a good amount of rainfall so far, and more is coming, especially for the Canadian coastline.  A little piece of the current system up there could head down toward us later in the week.  More on that below.  Today it is pretty nice outside.  Yesterday sure felt warmer than mid 70s and today already feels warmer than the low 70s.  So, I'd say things have shaped up nicely to start the week.  Fog cleared out just around 9AM this morning, and that sunshine felt real good this morning.  It looks like that marine layer is going to pull out a ways today and stay there for a bit.  Could be clear at sunrise the next two mornings.  And warm.  We are going to try to make it out for a morning beach day tomorrow and maybe Wednesday.  Tide bottoms out tomorrow morning just before 8AM at just about zero feet.  That means the beaches along Pleasure Point could be wide and warm in the mornings.  Sounds like fun to me.  High temps the next two days should be just about 70F, but maybe they will be a touch warmer just like today is.  Things change Wednesday night.

That piece of storm thing happens.  A short wave breaks south and falls apart over the Sierra Nevada.  Maybe some high elevation snow showers to develop into Thursday evening, as the bulk of the moisture arrives.  Down here on the coast it just looks like some new fog developing.  Expect the burn off to be slow on Thursday, but it should happen by noon-ish.  This little bit of a storm (if you can even call it that) is not really going to hit us in Santa Cruz.  But if you enjoy a spring ski tour, an inch of snow and some wind could refresh those slopes.  Could be a good weekend for a schuss.  Things warm up quickly after this little interference.  Thursday will be a bit cooler down along the coast, with the high temps staying in the 60s.  Back to near 70 by Saturday and sunny, but that fog may show back up by Sunday.

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