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Forecast Discussion:
Figure 1 shows high pressure to the north and clear (mostly clear) skies over the state today. That interesting low in the southwest has inched up to near the four corners and is pumping some rain into AZ and serious water into flooded Texas. The upper air pattern (Figure 2) shows that cutoff low rolling over Arizona and that right-side uplift/storminess region over Texas and New Mexico. This is still predicted to stay to our south.
Note: I'll be on a big family vacation at the end of the month. There will be no updates to this column for the period October 26-Nov 4.
The longer range forecast:
Looking off into the distance, temperatures bob up and down around 60°F (Figure 3). Our snow melts and nothing new falls, but things don't get hot either. Nighttime temperatures stay above freezing. You still have time to drain/blow-out the sprinklers if you haven't yet.
