Pretty much a busted forecast in our favor yesterday. Instead of an expected high of 74 we only managed 63 and we did have some light rain showers in the area. (half the calories of our regular rain) The airport picked up .02″! Hey. Beats a swift kick. The low has moved east and has taken most of the clouds with it. Cool air behind the system is with us and a reinforcing shot of cool air tomorrow will keep us, well, on the cool side for the next several days. Look at those lows! 40 to start the day tomorrow. Mid 30s Friday morning! Upper 30s Saturday morning. Some of the favored cold spots, near washes for example, may see frost or a freeze even. Must be Winter. Warming up into the low 70s Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Enjoy!

Rain chances are back out of the forecast. I’m still holding out a little hope that we may manage some showers since one of the computer models is hanging on to the possibility. The expectation was never more than a tenth of an inch anyway, but still. Even a few drops would be encouraging! A low over southern California is making its way to central Arizona today bringing clouds and a chance of rain for our local mountains by tonight and valley locations mainly to our east. Snow levels 7,000 – 8,000 feet by tomorrow morning, so mountains to the east could see a couple inches of snow above that, but nothing too serious. Once the storm weakens and moves east we will see clearing skies and colder air settling in. Low 60s for the high Thursday! Warming up as we head into the weekend with highs in the upper 60s Friday. Mid 70s Saturday and Sunday. Low 70s Monday. Lows as low as around 40ish Friday and Saturday morning.

Last night’s Super Moon was spectacular! I don’t know if you saw it but at a couple points there was a ring around it thanks to the high clouds. The ice crystals in the high clouds refract the Suns rays being reflected off the Moon to cause the effect. Beautiful!

Meanwhile, we hit 78 again yesterday for the third day in a row. Today we start to cool things down. An upper low off the California coast is feeding us a few high clouds from time to time for possible sunrise and sunset enhancement. Otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 75. A cool front moving through today will continue to knock our temperatures down even as our low approacheth. Increasing clouds tomorrow with a chance for rain showers Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Nothing to get too excited about. Rainfall amounts are expected to remain below a tenth of an inch in valley locations. The low clears Wednesday taking the clouds with it but leaving the cool (average for this time of year) temperatures in the upper 60s Thursday and Friday. Lows near 40 Friday morning and in the upper 30s Saturday morning (also about average for this time of year). High pressure builds back in for a bit of a warm up for the weekend. Highs in the low 70s Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy!

Our southern disturbance in the force has moved east into far west Texas and has taken the clouds with it. That leaves us with a sunny day most of the day, but a few more clouds will be moving in the afternoon as a northern storm approacheth from the Great Basin on its way to the Four Corners. (that was one sentence!) This will also give us a cooling trend tomorrow into Tuesday. The southern jet stream will become more active with another disturbance headed our way Tuesday into Wednesday with more clouds and yes, a slight chance of rain, Tuesday night into early Wednesday! The computer models aren’t in agreement on this, but are trending that direction, so maybe some showers in our somewhat near future. Then again maybe not. We’ll have more information as we get closer. What is more certain is gusty east northeast winds at times Wednesday into Friday. Lows pretty low Friday and Saturday morning in the upper 30s to low 40s. Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today with a high near 78.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 50.

Mostly sunny tomorrow with a high in the mid 70s. Partly sunny Tuesday with a high in the upper 60s. A slight chance for showers Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with a high in the upper 60s. Sunny Thursday upper 60s. Low 70s Friday. Mid 70s Saturday.

High clouds already thinning some this morning, but we are still looking at another mostly cloudy day. Clearing from the west by tonight if not sooner leaving us with lots of sunshine Sunday and beyond. Our next system will miss us to the north but will drive temperatures down to near average on Tuesday and then slightly warmer the rest of next week. As I pointed out yesterday, lows will be somewhat chill (mmm chili) starting Tuesday morning with lows in the mid to low 40s. Upper 30s Friday morning. Enjoy!

Mostly cloudy today with some sunshine and a high in the upper 70s.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the low 50s.

Sunny tomorrow with a high near 78ish. Low 70s Monday. Upper 60s Tuesday. Low 70s Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.