Thursday, August 28, 2008

Rainfall amount/Weekend forecast

Weather synopsis
First off the bat this early morning is..Rainfall amounts....Here in my rain gauge Yesterday morning I had .10 inches of rain...Over night We picked up another .044 inches of rain,that would bring the total up to .054 inches of much needed rain...Radar estimated totals shows this very well..First short wave moved through the area yesterday morning as forecasted..The line of showers and thunderstorms that were on the strong side in MN moved into Western/Northwestern WI as they did the storms did weaken some...Skies then became partly cloudy for the rest of day..The second shortwave moved through the area over night bringing more rainfall to the area,showers and thunderstorms rolled through the area much of the night..Nothing strong or severe just the garden type storms.....Though yesterday late afternoon and into the evening the treat of thunderstorms were over Southwestern into South Central MN...indeed there were warnings out for parts of those areas...
Forecast for today and the long weekend...
For today SFC boundary will keep pushing East/Northeast..This will take any showers and storms with it,as see on the radar this morning..With the front still being some what close to the area there will still be a chance at a few more showers and storms this morning...Showers and storms should end by afternoon...Computer models showing a high pressure building into the area later this afternoon and tonight...This ensure us of partly to mostly clear skies..This high will make camp over the area this long weekend....Some of the model guidance..Showing temps by Sunday and into Monday into the upper 80s to lower 90s for the area...Not sure if I buy into the upper 80s and lowers 90s...I can buy into the middle 80s without a problem...This weekend should be a dry one just like the last few...Temps will be warmer than last weekend so looks to be a great weekend for getting the docks and what nots out of the water..or just to be on or around the lakes.....Next chance of showers and thunderstorms come into play Monday night or Tuesday's time frame......More detailed forecast tomorrow morning..That is if I don't have to work overtime..
Side note for other rainfall amount from around the area see Derek's blog...As I will not be posting other amounts,due to the following reasons...1 I really don't have time to dig for all the info..2...I Specialize in forecasting not short term stuff..Unless I'm at home and severe weather is around...though 9 chances out of 10 I will be out chasing...