DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 29 \u2013 JANUARY 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High pressure builds into the region today, which will be breezy, cold, & dry. High pressure crests over the region Wednesday with cold, tranquil weather, but you’ll notice an increase in high cloudiness ahead of a warm front, which will quietly move through the region during the evening hours as a lead low pressure area tracks north of the region. This low will drag a cold front through here Thursday morning with cloudiness and a rain shower risk, as a shot of milder air will have moved in behind the warm front and ahead of the cold front. The entire evolution of the New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day set-up looks different on recent guidance than it did on previous guidance, which was showing a set-up very similar to that of last week (Christmas Eve \/ Christmas Day). But we know guidance has been struggling, but seems to have resolved at least to the idea of the weaker low passing north late Wednesday & early Thursday, high pressure building across eastern Canada to bring some colder air back in for New Year’s Eve, and then low pressure from the southwest making a run at our area later Friday into Saturday. The details of this particular low pressure area are still not worked out, but the general idea is that the onset of precipitation sometime Friday afternoon or evening may be in the form of snow\/sleet & freezing rain for some areas, especially away from the coast, before rain takes over, possibly leaving some pockets of freezing rain a bit longer over interior valleys, before tapering off at some point Saturday, depending on details of frontal boundaries and low pressure track. More fine-tuning needed there which will take place as we get closer to this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TODAY: Sun & passing clouds. Highs 32-39. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TONIGHT: Clearing. Lows 13-20. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, diminishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY: Sun & high clouds. Highs 33-40. Wind W up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 23-30. Wind S under 10 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the morning. Partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs 43-50, occurring in the morning. Wind SW 5-15 MPH shifting to NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THURSDAY NIGHT (NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE): Partly cloudy. Lows 25-32. Wind N 5-15 MPH evening, diminishing overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY (NEW YEAR\u2019S DAY): Clouding over. Snow and\/or sleet & rain and\/or freezing rain arriving from southwest to northeast by the end of the day. Highs 30-38. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FRIDAY NIGHT: Overcast with rain except pockets of freezing rain possible interior valley locations evening. Temperatures steady 30-38 evening, rising to 38-45 overnight. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH, becoming variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATURDAY: Cloudy with areas of fog and a chance of rain in the morning. Breaking clouds in the afternoon. Highs 45-52. Wind variable 5-15 MPH becoming W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 3-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High pressure noses in with cold\/dry weather January 3. We’ll have to watch for low pressure passing south of the region January 4 which is handled very differently by various guidance, but right now my leaning is that it stays far enough south to bring only a minor threat of snow\/mix\/rain to the South Coast. High pressure brings dry\/chilly weather January 5. Weak system may bring clouds and a minor precipitation threat about January 6 before fair weather returns at the end of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 8-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best chances for unsettled weather come about January 8 & 12, but there is a lot of uncertainty with pattern evolution at this time. Will monitor for potential blocking. Not expecting guidance to handle pattern recognition very well for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 29 \u2013 JANUARY 2) High pressure builds into the region today, which will be breezy, cold, & dry. High pressure crests over the region Wednesday with cold, tranquil weather, but you’ll notice an increase in high cloudiness ahead of a warm front, which will quietly move through the region during the evening … Continue reading Tuesday December 29 2020 Forecast (7:32AM)<\/span>