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Thursday, January 20, 2011

January 20th Discussion

The rain has started again Thursday as another warm front moves over us but stalls a little. We should see off and on steady rain throughout today with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Tomorrow a cold front will push its way through bringing more steady rain and showers once the front passes. Tomorrow will be very similar with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Overnight lows tonight and Friday night won't be too cold, mid to upper 30s.

We start to dry out by Saturday and Sunday as a ridge sets up and it looks like right now most storms will scoot north of us, not sending any moisture our way. The models are not agreeing on this completely, with the European models having the storms just brushing us with moisture. For now we'll stick with dry but can't rule out a shower or two over the weekend. Highs will start rounding out near 50 degrees.

Some of the 5 day forecasts have been pointing at a thermal trough forming over the west coast. For you non-meteoroligists this means warm temperatures. In the middle of a La-Nina winter temperatures are forecasted near 60 degrees. This would need to verify over the next two days or so for any confidence but certainly appears to be some warming on the way for western Washington. This trough also means it will stay dry.

Longer range models show not much for the next 15 days. So enjoy the very mundane weather we will be having.

P.S. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday record temps are 58 degrees for each day. Cross your fingers for some sort of weather topic to talk about. :)

Have a great week!

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