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CARSON CITY, NEVADA
LOCAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
UPDATED 8:15 PM THURSDAY, JANUARY
26, 2012
Climate Data:
Month to date precipitation
for January 2012 is 2.56 inches. Average precipitation
for the month of January is 1.90 inches. Total
precipitation for the current water year 2011 - 2012 beginning
October 1, 2011 is 3.33 inches. Average precipitation for
the year is 10.39 inches.
Current Weather Conditions:
Short Term Forecast:
A nice series
of storms have come to an end. A ridge is beginning to
rebuild along the west coast again that will bring
drier than normal weather to the area for the next week to
two weeks. Outside of this, a weak front will move
into the area on Thursday to bring a chance or valley rain
and mountain snow showers. Not much accumulation is
expected, but at least a dusting of snow will be likely over
the Sierra above 7,000 feet. Highs in the valleys will
be in the mid to upper 50s with lows in the upper 20s over
the next two days. Highs behind the cold front will
cool into the mid to upper 40s with lows in the teens
through this weekend. Otherwise, not much is happening
weather wise over the next 6-10 days.
Long Range Outlook:
The latest 6-10 day and 8-14 day
long range outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center show
below normal precipitation during the week two period. The latest runs
of the ECMWF and GFS models are also in some agreement that a
ridge will gradually build and reassert itself over the west
again for a return to dry weather again. Enjoy the brief
stormy period since we will most likely return to
the anomalous ridge that has persisted over the area much of
this winter. While there will be some relief to the very
dry conditions, we are beginning to run out of time for catch up
with precipitation. A lot can change in February and
March, when in a dry regime, it's very hard to break out of this
seasonal pattern.
Satellite image courtesy of
NOAA Satellite Information Service.
For the latest loop of the west coast,
click here.
CONTACT INFO:
carsonspotter@earthclimate.info
The above graphic images are
courtesy of
NOAA
and the
Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL).
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