Wednesday: Closer to a typical summer pattern for the rest of the week. No heatwave for the next 10-14 days. Over the holiday weekend, a weak low pressure system offshore may spin a little moisture across our area which could cause a few isolated showers and a very small chance of a thunderstorm. Certainly not […]
Sunday: Cool down on the way! We officially hit 95 in Cottage Grove today (at 3:10pm). It also feels a little muggy. Still warm on Monday (87-90), then much cooler and nice* through the Independence Day Holiday Weekend! High temps in the 70's over the holiday weekend. *Be aware that Saturday and Sunday (July 2-3) […]
Friday: The picture below shows the pavement temperature at 137.6° with the air temperature at 88 degrees. That will burn paws and destroy skin in less than 60 seconds! Hot this weekend, low 90's Saturday then mid 90's Sunday. Good news is that we'll cool by about 5 degrees on Monday (90) and another 10 degrees […]
Wednesday: A few days ago, data didn't hint it would be that hot next weekend. Latest data NOW supports 90-95 both Saturday and Sunday with a nice cool down next week. Independence Day Holiday Weekend then looks nice - right on through July 4th! Normal high and low temperature is 77/48. No rain in sight at […]
Sunday: Y'all ready for dry weather and lots of sunshine? Mainly dry today with just a sprinkle or brief light shower into the afternoon. DRY MONDAY - FRIDAY AND NEXT WEEKEND! The weather pattern is finally going to switchover to what is more typical for this time of year. In fact, through the Independence Day […]
Thursday June 16: Hope you're all doing well! Showers on Friday (up to 1/4"), Saturday looks mainly dry (just a few isolated light showers), then dry Sunday through possibly the end of the month. No heatwave in sight, high temps cooler than normal through Sunday (60's), then near normal temperatures all of next week (70's). […]
Friday Weather Update: As of noon today, we got 0.59" of rain. It's very moist and " juicy" out with all the tropical / subtropical moisture being pumped into the region. Latest data indicates that most of the rain will fall between later this afternoon or evening through Saturday morning and again Sunday morning + […]
Thursday Update: Doesn't it feel muggy? Updated and better data coming in supports periods of mainly light rain/showers tonight through Sunday with extended dry breaks likely. As of the time of this post, the BEST chances of rainfall is Friday afternoon/evening to about 8:00am Saturday and again Sunday morning. Keep in mind that we can […]
Wednesday Update: Unfortunately, it's looking like another weekend of unsettled weather with rain in the picture. It will become humid tomorrow with that "tropical" feel. NOTE: With these types of weather systems / pattern, it's extremely difficult to predict how much rain will fall and during what time(s) because any shift north or south of […]
Monday June 6: Our weekend storm was able to squeeze out 0.72" of rain, putting us at 39.45" of precip since the start of the water year on Oct 1 (as of 8am). We're now at 94% of normal. Our region of the snow pack is 147% of average. Scattered showers will linger through this […]
