Category: General

  • Planning the  weekend and week ahead.  Mostly dry, tiny Pineapple Express.

    Planning the weekend and week ahead. Mostly dry, tiny Pineapple Express.

    We have a set of fronts that are lining up to sweep over us in the next seven days or so. In the image below you can see a blob of moisture near Hawaii that will be periodically sending moisture our way for the next week or so. Most of the rain that is coming…

  • Another beautiful morning

    Another beautiful morning

    It’s a wonderful fall morning this morning! It got down to a chilly 8° C but the stars were spectacular when I walked out the door at 6AM. As the image below shows, the West and North Island are getting some rain today, but it is predicted to miss us. And we will likely only…

  • September 2014 Summary – Warmer than Normal, but good rainfall – Ski Forecast Grim?

    A significantly warmer than normal Summer was tempered somewhat by a rainy last couple weeks that brought us very near normal rainfall.   The outlook for the late fall and winter ski season and snowpack has not gotten better. Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for August, the month of September saw temperature above normal in the…

  • Mixed bag for the week

    We have a variety of weather coming at us this week but nothing too serious. After a gorgeous weekend, we will have a short bout of showers this morning before 11AM. Things should clear up Tuesday and be dry Wednesday and Thursday until some more serious rain comes back on Friday and into Saturday. That’s…

  • More rain Thursday night and Friday dry weekend

    The open burning ban for larger fires is now lifted. We received 18 mm of rain at the Airport over the past couple days. We will receive more as a system comes through late tonight and lingers through Friday morning. It will be strongest between 11PM and 2AM. From this afternoon through Friday at 5PM…