Ready for some “seasonal” weather? There will be rain today, with snow in the mountains, a break Wednesday and lighter showers Thursday — then not much of anything, with weak weather systems riding over an area of high pressure off the coast. We will be in a Northwest flow of air, so things will feel like late fall, with low freezing levels.
That means the snow that fell the past couple of days and what falls today and later this week should hang around for a while. Not like last time, when we had a big burst of snow in the ski areas and then endured 10,000- to 12,000-foot freezing levels and 60 degree weather at pass levels. No such warming this time around.
Although the rain showers were scattered about the region on Monday, I drove through a rather heavy one with pea-size hail and my car thermometer dropped to 43 degrees. Chilly! This was the aftermath of the heavy rain storm that moved through the county late Saturday night, with most areas receiving upwards of an inch of rain. Phil Delaney above Dole Valley recorded two inches during the same time period.
During the excessive downpour, I posted on my Facebook page, “Raining cats and dogs? Well, almost.” Weather enthusiast Rob Woodard posted a follow-up comment, “It is — I just stepped in a poodle.”
