WeatherWatcher: Weekly Report: Sunday's Wind
Monday, January 19, 2015
Forecast
Moderate Windstorm
Last week's data
Forecast: After a stormy weekend we will have a calm week of partly-mostly sunny skies and clear, cold nights as a ridge of high pressure steers the jet stream well to the north of us. Our calm weather will be short-lived however, as Thursday transitions back to the stormy pattern once again and renews our rain storms. Highs will probably be around the 50°F mark with lows in the 30's, low temperatures will moderate to the 40's after Thursday.
Moderate windstorm: Late Saturday night and through Sunday morning a wind storm pushed through the area. The storm was strong enough to prompt a High Wind Advisory for the greater Seattle area including Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Some reports mentioned a high wind warning was issued, but I never saw the warning, only an advisory. I suspect the warning was hyped or mis-reported. This was actually our second strongest storm so far this 2014-2015 winter season, topping at a 40 mph gust Sunday morning. Our strongest storm so far was the December 11th storm of 52 mph. Power outages were smaller and more scattered this time around.
Last week's data:
High temperature: 52.3°F (Friday)
Low temperature: 34.0°F (Wednesday)
Rainiest day: 0.36 inches (Thursday)
Total rainfall: 0.48 inches
Warmest day: 47.3°F (Sunday)
Coldest day: 36.6°F (Thursday)
Average temperature: 42.9°F
Station historic average: 39.8°F
We're still sitting at warmer than normal temperatures, which I'll talk about in a future report. Below is the daily high and low temperature graph for the month so far. Low temperatures are particularly higher than normal.
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January 2015 Daily high and low temperatures. Graph by Carl Dinse |
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