Great Weekend Weather. But Winter's Not Done.
We're having great weather here in Silicon Valley this weekend. Yesterday the temperature hit about 70° at my house. Today is almost as warm. It's sunny and clear, too. We enjoyed yesterday's weather by getting out for a really enjoyable hike in the East Bay hills. Today we met a friend for a leisurely lunch outdoors on the patio.
The pleasant weather isn't just local. Much of the US is seeing warm and dry weather this weekend. A few days ago I saw articles in my newsfeed posing the question, "Is this 'it' for winter?" Sigh. What alarmist claptrap. This is not 'it' for winter. A simple check of the 10 day weather forecast- do people who write news articles know how to read news articles?- shows that next weekend is going to be cold and rainy, at least around here. So, no, this is not "it" for winter. And I'm glad, because as much as I do appreciate the warm, dry weather I also appreciate getting enough rain to refill our lakes and groundwater tables so we're not fretting about drought in six months.
The pleasant weather isn't just local. Much of the US is seeing warm and dry weather this weekend. A few days ago I saw articles in my newsfeed posing the question, "Is this 'it' for winter?" Sigh. What alarmist claptrap. This is not 'it' for winter. A simple check of the 10 day weather forecast- do people who write news articles know how to read news articles?- shows that next weekend is going to be cold and rainy, at least around here. So, no, this is not "it" for winter. And I'm glad, because as much as I do appreciate the warm, dry weather I also appreciate getting enough rain to refill our lakes and groundwater tables so we're not fretting about drought in six months.