Absolutely Stunning.

Pretty much the entire west side showed up to hang out on the Cowells sand bar this afternoon, and with good reason.  The perfect bar and a solid swell alone would be enough to attract the hordes, but after a long wet winter, it is no surprise that folks would want to soak up the sunshine on a gorgeous 80 degree late winter day.  Yeah, eighty. At least that was what was recorded t several westside locations on the uphill side of Mission.  It was 74F on the Municipal Wharf the afternoon, and that area is exposed to any wind.  Simply stunning.  If you missed it, might be worth trying to get out tomorrow afternoon.  Did I mention the stupendous sand bar.

Anyway, this wonderful spell of sunshine is coming to an end.  Monday will be great.  Sunny and warm.  Mid 70s, maybe 80F again in the warmest spots.  Overnight lows in the upper 40s.  Clear into Tuesday morning.  Then the first in a series of storms starts to move in.  It should be noted that this series of storms is nothing like what we saw a few weeks ago.  These will be much warmer and with much less rain fall.  But a series none the less.  Clouds fill in all morning Tuesday and we see chances of rain by noon.  Anything that falls during the daylight hours will be fairly light, with better chances of more moderate rain Tuesday night.  We could see a quarter inch overnight.  Moderate rain continues through mid day Wednesday.  A additional two tenths of an inch by night fall. Light showers are possible Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but the storm should exit by mid day Thursday.

Daytime highs drop each day.  Tuesday will feel much cooler than today with the cloud cover and high in the mid to upper 60s.  Wednesday and Thursday will top out in the low 60s with Wednesday being the cooler of the tow days.  We won't see a big break in the rain, as another storm is expected to arrive on Friday.  This is another moderate rainmaker and a little cooler.  It will drive down overnight lows into the low to mid 40s and keep day time highs in the low 60s.  Maybe another half inch of rain, with some clearing on Sunday.

The GFS keeps them coming, with another rain maker after a brief one day break.  This one is forecast to last through mid week, with another storm possible the following weekend.  Of course we are looking out into the fantasy models.  And if we are talking fantasy, the long term models are suggesting a few inches of rain through the end of the month, with a few more in April, and a wetter than average May.  So, winter is not over yet folks.  It does not look like the boom then bust of two winters ago, when we got a tremendous amount of rain from late December through late February and then things just dried out.  Might me more like a leaking faucet this spring.  And if you are a snow sport enthusiast who enjoy spring and summer turns, this is good news.  Snow surfaces are being refreshed this week, and might keep getting those soothing light spring snows to keep things going into July.