Finally a little December weather is on the way...

All this warm and wet weather may be coming to an abrupt halt as the NWS is indicating a much cooler air mass is headed out way. We may have some transitional rain and snow as the new air arrives but the forecast for the New Year is dry and chilly.

All of you up above a thousand feet should expect to see some white fluffy precipitation although the prognosticators are suggesting light amounts. Down here in the city maybe some white stuff, maybe not, possibly freezing rain later in the week, hard to say. I'll take snow over freezing rain anytime, anyplace, any day ;)

If it Doesn't Get Cold Soon...

If it doesn't get cold soon, this could become the warmest December I have on record since 2002. We haven't had any record breaking heat, but it has been very warm overnight all month. The last time the mercury dropped below the freezing mark was way back on the 3rd of the month! I am running several degrees above normal both day and night thus far this month by the averages.

This is bordering on twilight zone crazy here ;)

The NWS and other weather prognosticators are suggesting a move toward more seasonal temps but unless we get a few really cold days before the New Year this could be the warmest December I have had yet at this location.

Stayed tuned and hey, while we have this warm weather you may as well soak it up, my friends; soak it up.

Wild and Windy Again.

I lost a fence a few weeks ago to howling winds and now this latest storm took out another fence on the other side of yard. Grrr... I hate wind! We had some near record wind pass through the area a few days ago knocking out power to thousands and toppling countless trees. Gusts were exceeding 80 mph which is hurricane force. Even the sustained winds were tickling gale force for the better part of 8 hours. I have had enough wind for this season, let's just call it good, shall we!

Enjoy the holidays and now that the winds have subsided and the temps seem to be bordering on warm, go ahead and soak it up my friends, soak it up.

Warm and Wet will Persist

Looks like this is going to remain a cozy warm December. I have been sitting quite balmy with temps in the mid to upper fifties. Nights are not much cooler dipping only into the forties. The rain is falling and the merry month of December may not yield any fluffy white precipitation this year. That makes some people really happy. Not me, I like it cold in the winter.

Things may chill out in a week or so in time for the Holidays, we shall see. In the mean time get out and soak it up my friends, soak it up!

The Final Month of 2014 Commences!

Wow, 2014 is just about gone. Crazy fast it went this year. Looking ahead I don't know what to think about the weather. We have had warm and cold in the last 30 days. There does not seem to be the proverbial weather harbinger this time around. We'll just have to wait and see.

November was about as spot on average as possible for temperatures. My 13 season average November low is 38.28 and my observed average low last month was 38.23. The 13 year average high is 50.31 and my observed average was 50.67. Like I said, spot on! precipitation was another tale altogether. My 13 season average is 7.98 inches and this year was a scant 3.08. Of the 5 "snow" months November has been the least likely to receive the fluffy white stuff. This time we got 1.1 inches of snow against the 13 season average of 0.49.

So the coldest temp was the 16th with a mark of 20.1. The warmest temperature was a balmy 61.3 on the 26th. The chilliest afternoon high came on the 13th with 36.8 and no surprise that was the day we got most of the month's snow. The warmest overnight low came on the 26th with a toasty July like 54.5 degrees.

We had but 2 days with rainfall exceeding 1/2 an inch. The wettest day a paltry 0.62 on the 21st. I recorded 8 subfreezing low temps.

What will this December bring? Will there be a white Christmas? Odds favor a no on that. Will it be wet? Cold, Warm? Who knows? Not me. It will be a great December and I wish you all a happy holiday season. Now get out and soak it up my friends; soak it up.