Cutting weather ahead

 After our rainstorm yesterday, the forecast is looking dry and warm for the near future.  Temperatures are expected to reach into the upper 80s and lower 90s for the next few days.  But what's more important is that we will have a low brush by us to the north this weekend, dragging a dry cool front through our area.  


That will accomplish two things.  First, we'll get some breezy southwest winds on Saturday.  Winds will be around 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.  Good hay drying weather.



This will also usher in some much drier air.  Right now, dew points are in the 50s, which is rather humid for this area.  But the dry cool front will bring dew points into the 30s.  Again, this is good for hay drying.


The downside to this will be trying to get a light dew when you want to bale your alfalfa.  Nighttime relative humidity will have a tough time recovering into the high values (i.e. greater than 80%) needed for dew.


This cool front will knock a few degrees off of our temperatures for Sunday and Monday, but that won't last for long.  Readings will warm back up to around 90F for all of next week.  There's no rain in sight until possibly the end of next week.

The earlier concern about really hot weather looks thankfully less likely.  The high pressure ridge next week will be offshore and not right over us.












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