This was a bit of a miss. Posted 3:15 PM Friday:
SATURDAY
PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
more like cloudy with with spits of showers and temps in 60's. If I had outdoor plans I'd be a bit perturbed.
I'm always amazed at summer time's convection/sky cover to pull the pants down on local forecast offices repeatedly. And people think forecasting in Sarasota is simple.
This upper low system has sort of been a forecast nightmare for LOT. Wednesday and Thursday "numerous showers/storms" have pretty much been relegated to a 1 hours window of scattered showers yesterday afternoon. Even temps. projected in the 60's far over performed. Unfortunaetly, now the worst day of the stretch is Friday, which was supposed to be decent. Now Cloudy,windy and low 60's. See if they can the last 18 hours of it pegged.
just enjoyed one of the nicer evenings on the patio .
you are correct. On another note, just cut the grass in the dry window and despite the dampness it still feels mild and muggy. Sure sign we've turned a corner when after a rain, and cloudy day it still has a summer feel. Haven't felt warm and muggy on a cloudy day since a day or two before Christmas.
SUNDAY WILL BE WINDY, FEATURING FREQUENT SOUTHERLY GUSTS UP TO
30-35 MPH, AND POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WE'LL
START TO PUMP IN HIGHER (60F+ DEW POINTS)
Do you know what this kind of wind feels like getting out of a pool?
Nothing better than seeing the weather geek humanize the technical discussion. It's like were real people :
ANTICIPATE A TRANQUIL START TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FRIDAY EVENING
WITH FAIRLY COMFORTABLE TEMPS.
LOOKS HOT AND HUMID (NEAR 90/NEAR TO
AROUND 70 TD AND PERFECT FOR HOLIDAY POOL PARTIES).
Top notch.
LOT: "DEW POINTS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND UNSEASONABLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AROUND 1030 MB OVERHEAD
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL PAVE THE WAVE FOR QUITE POSSIBLY THE LAST TRULY
COOL NIGHT UNTIL NEXT FALL."
Foreigner. Sorry RC.
but saves the day with this:
"CURRENT SIGNS POINT TOWARD
ABOVE NORMAL WARMTH FOR THE SUNDAY-MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY PERIOD. "
A true poet.
NEXT SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO ARRIVE MIDWEEK WITH POTENTIAL FOR
ANOTHER HEALTHY RAINFALL SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY MORE BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.
- IZZI
Dude is a jinx. Where was this in mid winter?
one of my pet peeves:
SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING,
FRIDAY MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
can it shower from a clear sky?