Monday's stats:
Low temp: 52.7F (11.5C) -- coolest temp of the season
High temp: 63.1F (17.3C)
Rainfall: none
We had abundant sunshine until about 11:30am, partly cloudy skies until 1:30-2:00pm, and then a very gloomy period of mostly cloudy skies during the mid- to late afternoon hours once again. There was a clearing trend before sunset, but there are still a few clouds around just after 8:00pm as I type. Temperatures today -- both high and low -- were the coolest of this autumn season.
There are only three days left in the month, which has turned out to be one of the cloudiest Octobers I can ever recall in the years I have been here. The afternoon cloudiness which has been so persistent this month has been a big disappointment, and has consistently prevented us from enjoying the kind of sunny skies and very low humidity that is normally common this time of year. Computer model projections of lower humidity have consistently failed to come true during the past couple weeks. We're still averaging around 60% over the course of the day, which is just not low enough to prevent the mainly PM cloud development here along the mountains.
A new upper-level disturbance is scheduled for the latter part of the week, and it looks like our risk of some scattered light showers will be on the increase as well, between late Wednesday and Friday. A fresh surge of cooler air will be following in its wake.
CURRENT FORECAST details are on the tab above.
Low temp: 52.7F (11.5C) -- coolest temp of the season
High temp: 63.1F (17.3C)
Rainfall: none
We had abundant sunshine until about 11:30am, partly cloudy skies until 1:30-2:00pm, and then a very gloomy period of mostly cloudy skies during the mid- to late afternoon hours once again. There was a clearing trend before sunset, but there are still a few clouds around just after 8:00pm as I type. Temperatures today -- both high and low -- were the coolest of this autumn season.
There are only three days left in the month, which has turned out to be one of the cloudiest Octobers I can ever recall in the years I have been here. The afternoon cloudiness which has been so persistent this month has been a big disappointment, and has consistently prevented us from enjoying the kind of sunny skies and very low humidity that is normally common this time of year. Computer model projections of lower humidity have consistently failed to come true during the past couple weeks. We're still averaging around 60% over the course of the day, which is just not low enough to prevent the mainly PM cloud development here along the mountains.
A new upper-level disturbance is scheduled for the latter part of the week, and it looks like our risk of some scattered light showers will be on the increase as well, between late Wednesday and Friday. A fresh surge of cooler air will be following in its wake.
CURRENT FORECAST details are on the tab above.
