The lunchtime Storm Prediction Center (SPC) severe weather outlook has been issued, and through 7 AM Friday, little has changed:

As you can see, we remain included in the “Slight” Risk for severe weather. read more

This morning, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued its severe weather outlook through 7 AM Friday:

As you can see, we are included in the “Slight” Risk for severe weather. We’re in this category because the SPC thinks there is a 15% probability of a 58+ mph damaging wind gust within 25 miles of you, illustrated here on this map: read more

Brief

WED: Upper 80s — 10°+ above normal — Increase in cloud cover — THU: Strong cold front gains strength — Rain, line of strong-severe storms late Thursday night — FRI: Showers and thunderstorms exit by Friday night — WEEKEND: Cooler weekend — NEXT WEEK: Another warmup. read more

Today – Coffee & Clear – High 84°

It’s National Coffee Day. Earlier today, The Intern 2.0 said he’d attempt to drink 10 cups.

Results:

For the record, this is what happens to me when I drink too much coffee: read more

We got this tweet this afternoon:

I’m hoping these dry-weather aided spiderwebs will catch the irritable wasp population we wrote about earlier this week.

Our last measureable (not a “trace”) rain occurred on September 11 (0.02″). For the month, we’ve seen 0.21″, which is 2.84″ less than a normal September. However, we’re still 0.31″ above normal for the year. read more

Three days ago, the major global weather models (and later, some of the regional models) predicted torrential rain for us today. We were, they said,

Regular readers of this website will notice that between then and now, the models have been taking that system that was “meant” for us, and sending it southeastward. Notice the frustration in the tone of this morning’s NWS forecast discussion, which I quote (Note: the NWS writes in ALL CAPS all the time, don’t read anything into that. Just think of a Meg Ryan [as “us”] / Tom Hanks [as “rain”] movie while reading:) read more

We cracked open a beverage to finish today’s WhateverThisIsCast:

Today – Warming, But What’s Up With This Humidity? – High 85°

Today we will be mostly sunny, and a bit humid. At noon, the dewpoint was already 62°. That’s not cool, September. NOT COOL. read more

Latest Official Temp & Other Stuff, taken at :53 every hour

Thursday Night – Still Awesome

NWS thinks patchy fog may develop overnight, but with the lowest dewpoint depression at 5° (temp minus dewpoint, 60° – 55° = 5°), fog shouldn’t be a big problem overnight and Friday morning. Beware the usually foggy spots. read more

Last night I was doing my normal weather thing:

(1) Nerding out on weather data and weather models.

(2) Asking myself: do normal people care about this? (94% of the time, the answer is No.)

(3) Decide: “people might care about this,” then tweet: read more

Today – Cold Front Arrives – High 84°

Humidity and mid-80°s are on the way out, courtesy of a cold front arriving this afternoon. A few drops may squeeze out of the clouds as the front arrives, read more