Greetings and welcome!
The rain was very good to us today. It started raining early morning and is just now slowing down about 1pm. I went outside a moment ago and measured 15/16th of an inch in a planter on the picnic table. The tractor seat is beyond full. Some of the waves of rain included decent downpours, others were just steady rain.
For an area classified as D-3 ( Extreme Drought) setting 100 year records, it was a glorious rain. There is actually damp ground, puddles, runnoff, and all of the things that go along with it. The rain has now passed for the most part and we are into the lingering showers part.
My sources have a lot of different ideas on the weekend weather. The best that I can tell there is a chance for showers Saturday Am (minor) and then an increasing chance after noon. There should be some rain Saturday night into Sunday morning, and then Sunday looks hit and miss.
Right now the HPC has the 6am Saturday to 6am Sunday QPF at 0.25″ and similar totals for 6am Sunday-6am Monday. The GFS and NAM disagree, upping the totals to 0.5-0.75″, mostly from the rain Saturday night.
My best guess is that Saturday will start out ok, and we will probably get in a good day before late day showers come. Sunday looks more hit and miss with light showers, unless the storm for Saturday night slows down and lingers into Sunday.
The bottom line? We will probably have a mostly decent weekend, but the chance of rain exists throughout it (30-40%). Be ready for either way. Don’t expect a lot of mud, the puddles when it rained the other day lasted about 10 minutes.
If it does rain on your day it would be a good reason for a ride in the forest. As I mentioned the other day, the variety of green colors out there are amazing. A damp day really makes them stand out.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB