Tuesday, March 31, 2009

LOOOOOOOOOOOking Gooood

Early forecast for this weekend is looking good.

Let's get out and put some color over the tulips.

Sunrise is 6:45. Let's plan to meet 6:15 at the Tulip Farm.

Nat'l Weather Service long range outlook:
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BIG STORY FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS THE WARMER...DRIER WEATHER THAT APPEARS TO BE ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WILL HAVE SOME SHOWERS LINGERING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH LATE FRI AM IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH...BUT THESE WILL DIE OFF QUICKLY AS H5 HEIGHTS BUILD OVER THE PAC NW FRI AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY FRI EVENING MODELS DIG A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH INTO THE NE PAC NEAR 140W...ALLOWING A STRONG RIDGE TO BUILD DOWNSTREAM OVER THE PAC NW. THIS WILL BRING DRY...AND WARMER CONDITIONS BACK TO THE FORECAST AREA JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE MODEL CONSISTENCY WITH RESPECT TO THIS COMING SAT...A FORECAST OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH HIGHS AROUND 60 DEGREES FOR THE VALLEY CERTAINLY SEEMS REASONABLE AT THIS POINT. ON AN EVEN MORE POSITIVE NOTE I TRENDED THE WEEKEND FORECAST TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN...WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THAT SUCH NICE WEATHER WILL EXTEND INTO SUNDAY AS WELL.

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