Syzdekistan

Often in April we will see our first 90° day of the year but also we will see a final winter storm sweep through. The latter was true yesterday and we had a bit of rain (0.02 inches at the house, 0.07 inches at Warm Springs), a lot of wind, and a very cool day. [...]

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I’m loving this NASA image of a frozen, snow covered Britain and seeing a lot of it online. A town in Scotland reported a record low of -8°F and the country is running low on road salt (link). But at least Ireland looks green!

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Storm total in Syzdekistan was 0.45 inches. The Flood Control District gauge at Rainbow and Oakey is close to my house and recorded
0.35 inches so I wonder if my gauge needs to be mounted a little higher on the fence post. It could be that large raindrops hitting the top of the post are [...]

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I really enjoyed a nice rainy day today. I recorded 0.42 inches of rain here in Syzdekistan and got to spend a couple of hours doing field work in the rain. Since I was doing aquatic invertebrate sampling, my bottom half wearing waders was (mostly) dry but my top half got drenched. With temperatures in [...]

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The National Weather Service forecast for tomorrow includes a 70% chance of rain, highs in the 40s and snow mixed with rain and snow levels down to 2500 feet tomorrow night with light accumulations possible.
If any of those things happen, I will be happy. For Syzdekistan, our last heavy rain was in February [...]

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In summary: Dry, warm than seasonal.
From the National Weather Service:

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I knew I wasn’t supposed to be running the air conditioner today. From the National Weather Service:
… Daily record high minimum temperature broken in Las Vegas…
… Monthly record high minimum temperature tied in Las Vegas…
The low temperature in Las Vegas on Friday November 6 2009 was 62 degrees. Not only did this break [...]

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Well, it continued to be dry here in Syzdekistan. I recorded no rain in October, but I did see a few sprinkles around the valley and our yearly total stands at 1.85 with most of that falling in February. Below the fold is the official climatic summary from the National Weather Service. One interesting note [...]

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From the National Weather Service:
Record high maximum temperature broken in Las Vegas today… The high temperature at McCarran International Airport here in Las Vegas warmed to 110 degrees today. This reading broke the previous record high maximum temperature of 109… which last occurred in 1940.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
805 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2009
…RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN IN LAS VEGAS TODAY…
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HERE IN LAS VEGAS TODAY ONLY WARMED TO 91 DEGREES. THIS READING BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 92…WHICH CAN ALSO [...]

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