Rain forecast: Monday update

Posted by Bret B on March 9, 2015, 9:28 am, in reply to "Slight chance of rain in next 10 days?"
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Not much change in the forecast for next weekend (see 1st post.) Today however, the Weather Underground says we have a 50% chance of rain and even thunderstorms in the afternoon, with less than a tenth of an inch accumulation. I personally would cut that down to maybe 20%, based on my experience with their forecasts, and my other (meager) forecast resources. And I doubt there would be thunderstorms. The GOES-West IR satellite loop does show a thick plume of high-level cloudiness currently streaming onshore to our north, and slowly edging southward toward us: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/epac/flash-avn.html But high-level clouds don't always equal rain. The TRMM satellite shows actual precipitation as of a few hours ago. You can see there was very little rain coming out of the heavy yellow clouds shown in the IR loop: http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/americas/americas_3hrly_zoom.gif 0900Z TRMM data: Until tomorrow...

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