Monsoon's Complete Weather Update for Monday, 29 December 2008
Greetings to all during this fantastically lengthy holiday break!
We are having a fine holiday season and enjoying the fuzz-ball—aka BUNK—as he brings his sweetness and energy to our home. Bunk just turned 4 months old and is growing by leaps and bounds (and, is leaping and bounding all around the house). Below are two recent pictures of Bunk: in the first, he rapturously gnaws on the chew toy his Aunt Megan got him for Christmas; the second features Bunk in a recumbent pose on the hassock, looking just as cute as the day is long.
On to the weather, which has been screwy of late: a high of 67 at my house on Sunday, and the low on New Year’s Eve will be in the teens. I’m currently looking at three potential snow/ice events for the region: Friday 1/2, Tuesday 1/6, and Friday 1/9. See details below and stay tuned for updates...
The weather:
Weather narrative: Enjoy these next couple of days in the 40s, because it’s the last time we’ll see temperatures this high until about the third week of January. Very late Tuesday night a system will move through to our north, and it may clip us with some snow showers into Wednesday, but nothing really to worry about there. Watch out for high winds and powerful gusts on Wednesday. Friday’s system is a bit more intriguing, in terms of the amount of moisture and temperature levels. I’ll send an update later in the week as that comes into clearer focus, but it could evolve into an accumulating storm. The next issue looks to be Tuesday, with a potentially unpleasant mixture of snow and ice that could cause a disruption in our school schedule. The Friday after we return is looking snowy, too, but I’ll leave that speculation until we get closer to the event. At the very least, it looks like we’ll be very cold by then, so it doesn’t appear we’ll have to worry about mixed precipitation with that storm.
Beyond the forecast: Continued cold with a significant storm possible for mid-January...