Fri, May 4

Today was just another decent-starting day ruined by late inclement weather. The clouds began rolling in mid afternoon (sooner if you count those cirrus) and we saw some sprinkles while at work today. At least it's warm. Temps are at 70° right now, winds from the southeast are bringing up more moist, warm air that we can look forward to seeing the effects of over tomorrow before the Low leaves us completely.

Thurs, May 3

Today was craziness. I was not expecting the rain to hit this way, but it did. It felt like perhaps a squall line hit us... When I went into the shower this afternoon it wasn't even drizzling, and when I came back to my room it looked as though my building was in the car wash. I got some photos of the storm receding, but my camera isn't working at the moment....
Anyhow, it is 63°, winds are almost gone at 5 mph. skies are clearing up (after that second batch of far less intense drizzle hit us this evening), and we are in for a good start tomorrow but nothing special, perhaps some precipitation as the Low mentioned on Wednesday moves in.

Wed, Mar 2

Finally, that anit-cyclonic Low brings me my summer weather!!! It's been nice and warm all day, at 78° right now. The clouds developed this afternoon and brought the rain that should be expected with this warm moist southern air. Speaking of heat, you know what wasn't warm? Last month. It says so right here. Things weren't quite as extreme here, bu tin Cleveland the weather last month was colder than March for the first time in 50 years.Last month was also a bad time for insurance companies, as those snowstorms and -especially- tornadoes brought down the hurt. So, Jan and Feb were sweet, April sucked, and May? Who knows, but it's a happy start. Right now, the rain has passed and only a few cumulostratus remain on the horizon, winds are still clipping at 15 mph bu that will go down here soon. More weather on the way folks, that Low over Idaho will hit us in the next couple days (barring the stationary front stay where it is... I suppose they are CALLED stationary fronts for a reason...).

Tue, May 1

Happy May Day folks, I hope you're enjoying the weather! It's a fine 68°F outside with no clouds remaining to remind us of the weekend at all. There are some winds out there, so those of us that had to sweep (me) won't be too excited about that. More Lows moving in from, you guessed it, the West, and I see a warm front developing which probably means rain for us in two or three days, probably unrelated to the cirrus that are remaining in teh sky today, which are more a function of the strange grey afternoon we had.

Mon, Apr 30

57°F: that's too cold. I am ready for the air of the North to head north. Tomorrow is May after all, and I remember a very warm January and February. What is this? 7mph winds from the SSW (so you'd think that they would be bringing up some warm moist air...) Obviously there was moisture in the air, which accounted the overcast skies all day which are finally breaking up into some clumps of large cumulus. A low from the West is expected (by wunderground) to kick up some warm weather tomorrow. Take note of the cold front to the south, doesn't it almost LOOK like the edge of that CP air mass?

Also of note: you may notice that there were some severe storms in the East again this past weekend (with more rain coming if you're headed out that way). At least there aren't any tornadoes, like last year, when an April 27 storm took 250 lives in Alabama alone. 

Fri, Apr 27

This evening, temperatures were in the low sixties, and sitting right at 60° at around 7. There was no rain like I had predicted, it seems that the High pressure system sitting on top of us right now is being propped up by a ridge in the jet stream, so this continental polar air is taking a while to move out. Being 60 and sunny though, I would have to say that there isn't much "polar" about the weather today, especially by comparison to Wednesday. Looking ahead, I still expect this High to recede, temps will probably be cooler tomorrow and maybe we will see some precipitation.

Wed, Apr 25

It is currently a measly 50°F outside, but at least the clouds cleared up and it looks pretty. There are still some scattered cirrostratus. Winds are 10 mph from the ESE, we are beginning to finally actually see the jet streams changing and hopefully they won't be coming back again anytime soon. There are some more lows to the west coming up, and I expect some more precipitation tomorrow or Friday. Fortunately, that will be kicking up some of the nice warm air from the south too so that might facilitate warmer temps as well, I think I'll take it.