I suppose that tonight at Coe will not be terribly hostile, but
you never can tell till tomorrow AM.
The WX guys say..http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/afos/SFO/AFD/SFOAFDMTR
>AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
>840 AM PDT SAT OCT 18 2003
>
>.DISCUSSION...WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ARE VERY SIMILAR TO
>THOSE OF 24 HOURS AGO WITH A FOG BANK REMAINING MOSTLY OFFSHORE...
>SURFACE GRADIENTS VIRTUALLY FLAT...AND A FEW HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING
>OVERHEAD. THE 12Z OAK SOUNDING AND HILLTOP TEMP SENSORS SHOW VERY
>LITTLE CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIRMASS ALOFT. ALL THIS
>SUGGESTS VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN MAX TEMPERATURES FROM YESTERDAY.
>HOWEVER...THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH (PRESENTLY OUT
>ALONG 140W) SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT OUR WEATHER BY THIS AFTERNOON.
>THE 12Z ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMING
>INCREASINGLY ONSHORE THROUGH THE DAY AND SURFACE GRADIENTS BECOMING
>INCREASINGLY ONSHORE AS WELL AS SURFACE PRESSURES FALL OVER INLAND
>AREAS. THUS...EXPECT AN EARLIER AND STRONGER SEABREEZE TODAY WHICH
>SHOULD RESULT IN COOLING IN MOST AREAS. PRESENT FORECAST MAY BE
>INDICATING A BIT MORE COOLING THAN WHAT IS ANTICIPATED...BUT WILL
>HOLD OFF ON ANY UPDATES FOR NOW AND SEE HOW TEMPERATURES TREND
>THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS.
>
>WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND A PROJECTED DEEPENING OF THE MARINE
>LAYER AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE COAST...EXPECT SOME
>INLAND PENETRATION OF FOG AND LOW CLOUDS TONIGHT AND COOLER TEMPS ON
>SUNDAY DUE TO MARINE AIR INFLUENCES AND MORE MORNING CLOUD
>COVER. THE UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO SLIDE INLAND WELL TO OUR
>NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND PRECIP WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE
>CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH OF SONOMA COUNTY. TEMP TRENDS WILL REVERSE ON
>MONDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BUILDS BACK TO
>THE WEST AND SURFACE GRADIENTS TURN WEAKLY OFFSHORE. TEMPS WILL COOL
>AGAIN AROUND MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES
>INLAND TO OUR NORTH. THE STORM TRACK IS PROJECTED TO REMAIN WELL
>NORTH OF OUR AREA THROUGH AT LEAST DAY SEVEN AND SO RAINFALL REMAINS
>OUT OF THE PICTURE FOR NOW.
>
>&&
IIAI, last night at Lick, the temps were in the 60s, though it got breezy
after midnight. Humidity was in the 30s for the overnight period.
I'll be loading after I do the lawn and make supper for the family.
-Bill