May 23, 2016

    There were some breaks early Sunday morning, but the clouds thickened quickly.

    Overcast, Sunday May 22, 2016.

    Lots of mid mountain and high clouds Sunday morning.

    Great day for a car show.

    There were some beauties.

    By 18:00 Hours it was obscured at 1835 meters.

    Started looking like some actual rain clouds were moving in to the zone.


Weather Observations for May 23, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2240 meters      0, Winds were 5-10 KPH SSE  --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +2, Winds were 5-10 KPH SSW --Rendevous
1550 meters    +3, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 110 cm Base, RH 98%

  660 meters    +9, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +13.8. 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

From 20:30 hours last night until this morning, 3.3 mm of rain recorded at 1550 meters.

    As of 08:00 Hrs this am we have obscured skies and limited visibility in the alpine with a dusting.

    At 1835 meters we have overcast shies and variable visibility.

For the forecast, a weakening upper level trough will bring overcast conditions to the area again today in a light Northerly flow aloft. Still a chance of some isolated intermittent showers, but the air mass is moving South and the upper low is continuing to move East. A weak upper ridge will have some drying influence in the area for Tuesday and Wednesday with unsettled weather with the chance of some sunny breaks. Another upper level low will move into our area for Thursday with the best chance of some precipitation, more on that as we get closer.

    Upper trough on our area for unsettled weather, still the chance of some showers.

    Low continues to move East, large upper level trough on the Coast.

    Mostly cloudy today.

    Weak onshore flow for Monday.

    Tuesday is unsettled with mostly cloudy conditions and possibly some sunny breaks.

    High pressure out in the Pacific will have some influence on Tuesday thru Wednesday.

    Wednesday is looking overcast with a good chance of some sunny breaks.


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    07:45 Sunday morning. Some cloudy conditions coming our way.

    18:15 Hours Sunday.

    A lot of cloud in the big picture late Sunday afternoon.

    Rain held off until the evening.

    Car show was a nice addition to the weekend.

    Always amazes me how it can go from this,  to no one in the course of a couple of hours

   18:00 Hours Sunday.