1/31/24

Good Wednesday morning,

Last day of January, and the last dry day for a while. 

Are you ready for some extremely wet weather? Ready or not here it comes. 

Today, nothing exciting until late in the day and then it quickly changes with the first system showing up tonight and overnight. 

This is a good system with some subtropical moisture to support it, but the longevity of the storm will only be 6 to 8 hours.
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Rain will start up overnight and rain into the afternoon Thursday. 

Rainfall will be 1 to 2 inches coastal, 2 to 4 inches in the mountains, and 5 inches or so on south faces. This will also be a windy storm with South winds coming up this afternoon in the hills, blowing 30 to 40 miles an hour.

Thursday afternoon turns to showers and we actually have a chance of showers through Friday.

Friday and Saturday, a weak ridge set up will still give us some light showers but the most part dry and cold.

Sunday, the next storm comes to play. This is going to be the strongest storm of the season, we could see 2 to 3 days of steady rain. We’re looking at 2 to 4 inches along the coast, and 4 to 8 inches in the hills. Yes, this one will be a doozy. 

Exact timing and longevity is still to be decided, but it will have good subtropical, tap and the low will spin pumping in the moisture for a number of days.

This will be the biggest storm of the 2024 equaling the late December storm. 

Sounds like it might be a busy day for me today. Enjoy the last day of dryness because it’s gonna be wet for the next week.

Jack Martin