Sunday and Monday brought some heat to the hill, but as of yesterday, it has cooled off beautifully! Day time temps are in the high 60’s or low 70’s and night time temps are in the 50’s. This is the most pleasant of weather. Sleeping is wonderful as well with the cooler evenings. No need for fans or air conditioners up here folks! It doesn’t get better than this here in Pine Cove. Now if we would get some rain, all would be perfect with the world.
Last week we had quite the wild weather! The thunder and lightening storm on Thursday afternoon was pretty intense. The thunder was so close and so loud it sounded like it was sitting right on top of Pine Cove. The hail was a surprise as well. I actually saw the snow plow go by my house! You just never know what is going to happen here on the mountain. While all moisture is welcome, that was a bit much for the end of May.
This week the forecast is for something much calmer luckily.
Detailed Forecast
Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 56. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 68.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Sunday Sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Monday Sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 69.
As we move into the summer season, please be mindful of the extreme fire danger that is ever present. Over Memorial Day weekend, one of our board members spotted 3 different visitors to the hill, flicking cigarette butts out of their car windows. It will only take one to light a forest fire. Please remind all your guests who visit you here on the hill, to be mindful as well. And be sure to do your fire abatement around your mountain home and property. It is important that everyone comply with this because if you don’t, you can put not only yourself in danger, but your neighbors and the whole hill as well.
Hold on to your hats! We are under a high wind warning until 4 p.m. this afternoon. There is also a red flag warning until 8 p.m. tonight.
* WINDS…AREAS OF EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH…WITH GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH ON WIND PRONE SLOPES.
WIND…AREAS OF EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH…WITH
GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 85 MPH. WINDS STRONGEST ALONG
THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND IN THE INLAND VALLEYS.
Hopefully, there will be no ill effects from all this wind. Batten down your hatches and hope for the best!
The weekend storm came and went as Old Man Winter gave it one last shot. It was quite chilly out over the weekend, but it seems to be warming up a bit today. The weather station up at the Rocky Point tank site says it is 54 degrees out at 10 a.m., so we are getting back to normal. Hopefully this will be the last cold & snow storm of the season. While moisture is always welcome, it is getting late in the year to have snow and freezing temperatures. Let’s hope for lots of nice rain for the rest of the spring and some summer monsoonal moisture this summer.
Here is the forecast for the coming week. Looks like temperatures are going up but we are going to get some wind.
Detailed Forecast
Today Sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 67. Windy, with a northeast wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Windy, with a northeast wind 25 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 63. Windy, with a northeast wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Windy.
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 73.
Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 70.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
A spring storm is on it’s way to Pine Cove! Or at least that is what the weather man says. Here is the forecast for the next few days.
Detailed Forecast
Today A 20 percent chance of showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West wind 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight Rain showers likely before 11pm, then snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 30.
Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Saturday A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 11am. Some thunder is also possible.
Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph
in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind around 10 mph.
Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Monday Sunny, with a high near 63.
So this won’t be a very big storm and temperatures will be back up in the 60’s by Monday. But if you are heading up to Pine Cove this weekend, you will want to be aware of the possibility that there might be snow. It will be a cold weekend for sure!
Always remember to turn your water off at your customer valve when you leave your mountain home!
Edison has turned off the electricity here on the hill. It should be off until about noon. They are working on upgrading the system and everyone was given advance notice. This is a planned outage and there is nothing wrong and there is no problem.
The weather has warmed up slightly and it is about 40 degrees this morning. The sun should be back out by Sunday and temperatures should be back in the 50’s. So, all in all, it should be a decent weekend here on the hill if you are planning a trip up. If you are a full timer, it will be a good weekend to get a head start on some of those spring projects. It is too bad we didn’t get more snow, but we have no control over that.
Please remember we are now in Stage I conservation. Please conserve water whenever possible. For more information on the Water Conservation Stages, please check the page at the top of the blog. We also enclosed a brochure in this month’s bill explaining the different stages as well as the tiered water prices for each stage.
But not very much. A storm rolled in over night but only left about 1/2″ of snow. The roads are wet, but clear and there are no closures that we are aware of. It may snow more today, but at the moment, it is overcast, but nothing more. It is however, very chilly. A brisk 27 degrees as recorded by our weather station at the Rocky Point tank site. They are calling for more snow, but it remains to be seen if it will actually materialize. Winds are around 5 mph with gusts up to 8 mph and the sun peeks out through the clouds every now and again.
So nothing much to report. Hope this helps everyone who is off the hill and wanting to drive up.
A storm rolled into Pine Cove over night and left a light dusting of snow. It has been lightly raining on and off most of the morning. It is cold, (30 degrees at 10:20 a.m.) foggy and damp. It is not too much fun to be outside this morning. There is a possibility of some snow accumulation tonight into tomorrow morning of 3 to 7 inches, but we will have to wait and see if that materializes or not. Any moisture is most welcome, so rain or snow, we will take it.
All in all, today is a good day to stay inside by the fire if you don’t have to be out and about, but if you do, wear a warm jacket and take a hat or umbrella to keep yourself dry just in case it starts to rain or snow, as it can be sporadic. Roads are clear, but there is currently a light fog. While the visibility is good here in Pine Cove, you never know how it is elsewhere, so if you are driving, be prepared for the possibility of running into some fog that may be thicker than what we currently have here in Pine Cove.
We will see what tonight brings and I will update weather conditions with a new post tomorrow morning. In the meantime, the boys finished reading meters on Friday afternoon and Becky is now working on the billing. Bills will probably hit the mail box sometime tomorrow and are due on the 25th of this month.
Stay warm and dry and please make sure you bring your pets inside during inclement weather! Remember, they enjoy sitting in front of a nice warm, roaring fire just as much as you do.
And just in case you don’t have a fireplace where you are now, here is one for you.
There is a small storm coming our way. No significant snow fall accumulation is expected, but temperatures will be dropping. Here is the forecast:
This afternoon, sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Wednesday night A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
So, not a big event, but any chance of moisture is a good thing. Looks like it is going to be cold and windy though, so be prepared for that. By Friday, we will be back up in the 50’s.
Now that the storm has passed, we are looking at a nice week ahead. Back to sunshine and 50 degree daytime temps. While we did get some nice rain over the weekend, the storm did not produce a lot of snow as we had hoped it would. We are now in March, spring is approaching and while there is always a chance we could still get some snow, the possibility seems to be getting slimmer and slimmer as each day passes by.
While we are not in dire straights water wise just yet, this winter has been extremely dry and we need to prepare ourselves for a drought situation. Getting in the habit of conserving water now, both inside and out, will go a long way in helping to ease the pressure on our ground water supplies. We never know when or if Mother Nature will provide us with adequate moisture, so it is better to be safe than sorry. It is always a good practice to conserve water regardless of the drought situation or lack there of. We can never go wrong by using less water any time of the year.
Please feel free to explore our blog and our website for more ideas on how to conserve water around your mountain home.
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
