Monday, January 28, 2013
From winter to soaking rain to winter in a few days time. A wild ride of weather ahead this week!
Simply put, this week's weather will have us on a bit of a roller coaster. The recent spell of cold eases out for a couple of days before a second round of cold air pushes in after a soaking rain on Wednesday afternoon and evening. We go from winter to soaker to winter within the course of a week. At least you can't argue that the weather pattern ahead is boring! Monday's precipitation plethora is due to warm air pushing in aloft over the cold air in place at the surface. Temperatures will be slower to warm above freezing the farther north and west you are from the city, with the result being some periods of freezing rain or freezing drizzle that could lead to slippery travel for a time during the morning and early afternoon before …
Friday, April 13, 2012
After a cool week, the weekend and the start of next week will see the mercury on the rise.
Remember the shorts you started to take out of storage when the weather got warm last month? Go get them and clear off the mothballs. The past couple of days were reasonably pleasant, but this weekend the temperatures will skyrocket into late-spring- and mid-summer-like magnitudes. A massive high-pressure system will move into our area from the west this afternoon and continue into Saturday. This system will not last very long and will retreat out to the Atlantic Ocean, but today is going to be one of those days where you can't thank God enough that it is Friday. The sun will be at its finest and high temperatures will fly into the mid-60s. A breeze from the west at 5 to 10 mph will complete the final ingredient in making a great weather …
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday night's dip back into wintery temperatures could be bad news for trees and gardens.
Our fling with spring has done wonders to green everything up around our region about three weeks ahead of schedule, bringing a look of late April to the region in late March. Unfortunately, the calendar will win out at this time of the year, and since it's still March, one can't fully discount the potential for at least some colder air to come back. The funny part about this "chill" is that it's not all that cold in the scheme of things — highs in the lower and middle 50s are not so far removed from the average for this time of the year (56 degrees). The problem is all of the buds on the trees, the flowers that have bloomed in your garden, and the sensitive flowering trees that bear fruit such as the cherry and apple – Monday night's …
Monday, January 30, 2012
Our current warm streak will give way to rain in chill later this week.
I give credit to my dad for giving some inspiration to me for the first lines of this week's column. While giving me a hand on Sunday getting furniture from a family friend, he took a look and commented that it looked and felt like a Fall day outside. I mused a few times in December that it was a November-in-December type month. Who knew that late January would feature a return to November, or perhaps a surge to March and April. You can choose which way you'd like to lean. It won't last, however. Temperatures the last couple of weeks have been rather warm in the Southern US – running ten degrees above average in spots since the middle of the month. Despite an early week shot of chill across the South and East, that cold will retreat …
Ruth
8:59 am on Monday, January 28, 2013
i live in the state of CA and we have had the same problem. We went below freezing to warmer temperatures back to cold mornings now. Just a tip, to keep your pipes from bursting when you turn on the hot water suddenly. It is a shock to the pipes. When we go below freezing, we leave our water on dripping. A drip of hot water and a drip of cold water. My father taught me that and it keeps your … more ›