This is the end

It seems like blogger crapped out on me toward the end here. They claim my last couple posts will be coming back though. Anyway we've had some clouds and rain recently. Clouds today with a northeast wind, thanks to a low pressure system off to our southwest. We reached the mid-50s, but that was all we could do. With cloud cover and rain tomorrow again, combined with the fact that we are sitting in a gigantic trough in the jet stream, we will struggle to hit 50. Thus ends the spring semester.

May 9

Empty garbage cans and recycling bins littered the roads, sidewalks and boulevards late this morning, put there by strong winds that accompanied some morning thunderstorms. My recycling bin made its way several yards to the north, which leads me to believe that, for a while at least, the wind was fairly strong (pushing 30 mph, I'd guess) out of the south. We reached about 65 and did have a little clearing late in the day. The jet stream is off to our north, with a trough to our west, which should bring in some warmer air. We also have low pressure and a couple fronts, a cold to our north and a warm to our south, that could result in some wind and possible storms tomorrow.

May 5

It got a little nicer than I thought it would today. I started my run in some light sprinkles, but toward the end, the sun actually started to come out and the stratocumulus clouds broke up into just some nice, fluffy cumulus. It seemed to cloud up again completely for a while before the sun returned in the afternoon. We made it into the upper-50s with a south-southwest wind. With high pressure moving past to our south, we should have fairly clear skies, warmer temperatures and a wind from the south tomorrow. Until the next front moves through late, giving us a chance for more rain.

May 4

Today wound up being quite nice, reaching into the low 60s and not much except for some cirrus clouds in the afternoon. I was pretty accurate with my forecast from yesterday, and it's nice to be back in the 60s, if only for a day. As I write this, pressure is 30.22 and dropping as low pressure approaches, along with a cold front and a bit of rain. After the front moves through, we will not see as warm of temperatures as today. I'm calling for mid-50s and rainy for tomorrow.

A May warmup

After two cold, cloudy days to open may, we warmed up a bit today. It was still pretty cold for my run this morning, with a fairly strong wind out of the east, but seeing the sun was nice. Eventually, we warmed to about 50, but it didn't feel quite that warm, with a 10mph wind out of the northeast. With high pressure off to our south, we should see southwesterly winds tomorrow with clear skies and a chance to warm up a bit more. We're still stuck in a trough in the jet stream, so it's too early to expect average.

Nice while it lasted

Today was nice, while I was inside mostly. It was pretty cold this morning, with frost on the ground while I was out for my run, but it started to feel nice by the end. It got all the way up into the mid 60s, with a fairly strong wind out of the south, which made my prediction pretty accurate. We have low pressure and a cold front moving in, so we will not get quite as warm tomorrow as we will cloud up and likely get some more rain. We could also see some strong winds from the east early in the day.

April 28

This stuff should start clearing out eventually, bringing some broken cumulus and stratocumulus clouds as the low continues to move east. I thought the clearing would happen sooner, so we didn't get the sun I thought might allow our afternoon to warm a bit. We topped out in the mid-40s with a wind from the west at about 10 mph. We'll likely warm quite a bit tomorrow, but we'll have some strong winds from the south as we'll be stuck between the high pressure dome to the south and another low to the northwest that's bringing with it a cold front and more rain.