Sunday, October 11, 2009

more fun weather on the way

Last night/this morning we had strong winds and the power must've gone out at least once since the microwave clocks were blinking.


From the National Weather Service:



... RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES LIKELY OVER MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT...

... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SET UP OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK...

LESS CLOUD COVER COMBINED WITH A COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN NOTICEABLY CHILLY WEATHER TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 25 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS... RESULTING IN RECORD OR NEAR RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. THE FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES FOR OLYMPIA AND SEATTLE FOR TONIGHT ARE 27 AND 36 DEGREES... RESPECTIVELY. BOTH OF THESE PREDICTED TEMPERATURES ARE ONE DEGREE BELOW THE RECORD FOR OCTOBER 11TH.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE CHILLY TONIGHT... FROST WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD DUE TO THE DRY AIR MASS. HOWEVER... THOSE WITH FROST SENSITIVE PLANTS OR NURSERY STOCK SHOULD STILL TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.

AFTER A PERIOD OF DRY... COOL WEATHER... THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO UNDERGO A MAJOR CHANGE DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION. THE FIRST STORM WILL BRING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED BUT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ON THE COAST... ESPECIALLY. HOW STRONG THE WIND BECOMES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE LOW.

EXPECT A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS TO THEN AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

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