A Tranquil Weekend Ahead (Unbelievable, eh?)

The past month has been near-opposite what many long-range forecasters thought. Our strong La Nina has thrown us several curve balls. Instead of being warm and dry, we've been near-average and wet this past month...not wetter than normal, but wetter than we were in the previous four or five months (remember, if you will, that we are in the midst of a historic drought).

After days of active weather, we'll settle down this weekend. Surface high pressure is building tonight...allowing for fair to partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. Tomorrow, temperatures will climb into the middle 50s, possibly upper 50s, under mostly sunny skies. The first half of Sunday looks to be a repeat of Saturday. In the afternoon, clouds will begin to build, as a shortwave begins to edge closer (which could bring rain showers Sunday night into Monday...more on that later).

Right now, traveling to and from Super Bowl parties looks to be dry...though this may change with the timing and path of the shortwave. Stay tuned...I'll have more on this tomorrow.

2/1/08-10:01 PM