Saturday, January 28, 2012

What happened to winter?

Good question. It looks like we're in for another extended run of dry and warm weather. Other than a slight chance of rain tomorrow night and into Monday morning, there is no other mention of rain in the seven day forecast. Both yesterday and today have been warm (mid 60s for high temperatures), and it appears this warm trend will also be here to stay for awhile. The storms last week brought the Sierra Nevada snowpack from a paltry 24% to over 70% of normal. However, with no storms on the horizon, the snowpack will likely decrease over the next week. Not good. I'm hoping spring will be wetter than normal. Here's Chico's seven day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Tonight: Patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind at 7 mph becoming northeast.

Sunday: Patchy frost before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

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