Tuesday, July 15, 2014

bracing for the next round... (pm.15.jul.14)>

Tuesday's stats:

Low temp: 65.3F (18.5C)
High temp: 73.4F (23.0C)
Rainfall: 0.41" (1.0cm)

There's a mix of clouds and hazy sunshine as we head toward sunset this evening -- with a few very light sprinkles around the area as well.  Although there have been a few brief and very light rain showers since this morning's report, we didn't add anything measurable to our daily total (above) which occurred during the predawn.  Humidity has been in the 78-95% range all day, which was enough to produce some patchy fog at times -- otherwise the day has turned out brighter than expected.

The thermodynamic batteries of this atmosphere are apparently recharging themselves after the two or three periods of very heavy rainfall we've endured since the wee hours of Sunday morning.  That's a good thing -- it's nice to get a short break before the next waves of intense rainfall develop.  It's hard to say exactly when that will happen, but all the computer model data points to peak saturation between later tonight and Friday, so it seems very likely that we'll be seeing some persistent moderate to heavy rain development occurring during that time frame, probably coming in a few different waves.

A slight retreat of deep tropical moisture may occur temporarily starting this weekend, but I think we'll still be having some healthy downpours on a daily basis, which could occur anytime of the day or night.  The latest extended range data is showing a very active final ten days of July, by the way...

CURRENT FORECAST details and other information can be found on tabs above.