Our dry October continues until further notice well into next week. We will see more offshore flow resulting in very dry air. In the wind-sheltered areas the next couple of night temperatures will plummet to freezing or below in the normally colder areas.
I don’t see any rain on the horizon at all, only slight pressure changes. Driving home Wednesday afternoon I saw a big cloud of dust blowing down the street. Things are really drying out and fire danger is very high so factor that in if outdoors.
Several readers have asked me if we are in a drought. Officially no because we had a wet spring and a wet June so the year to date totals are not way behind. We did as you may know have the driest July-through-September period on record, which is amazing considering records go clear back into the 1800s.
It seems like we should have had the three-month dry period in June, July and August, the summer months! Regardless, it is an enjoyable autumn so far and as long as we eventually get into the rainy season and add some snowpack we will be all right. If this pattern lingers several months, well then that is another story.
