Glorious Weather!

[elainegrey]

It's just glorious today. Christine was cold this morning, but she was able to play her Polly mandolin next to the fire ring with no apparent problems. I hiked, and am now doing laundry, and it's very very comfortable.

Apparently, tomorrow we get "rain" , possible thundershowers, and then shoot up into the 90's by the 4th of July weekend?!

(Camping entry later)

A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS UNSEASONABLY STRONG AND WET FOR LATE JUNE. RAIN COULD BEGIN IN THE NORTH BAY COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY... RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA...AND MAY DEVELOP AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MONTEREY BAY AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING MAY EXCEED ONE INCH IN SOME OF THE WETTER LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH BAY. MOST OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WILL PICK UP A HALF INCH OF RAIN OR LESS. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MONTEREY BAY AREA. SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERHAPS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER IS FORECAST LATE IN THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE INLAND VALLEYS WILL INCREASE FROM THE UPPER 60S AND 7OS ON TUESDAY TO AROUND 90 BY FRIDAY. SOME OF THE WARMER INLAND VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH OR EXCEED 100 BY THE START OF THE LONG FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. -- Sent: 2011-06-27T14:59:57-07:00