Mostly cloudy, with a couple of breaks in the marine layer that developed and hung around for much of the day. Temperatures in the 40s, light winds. I woke this mornign and it looked almost like there might be sun. As is typical for me when I don’t have a particular reason to get up, … Read more

Overcast with a small break in the clouds late this afternoon. Temperatures in the 40s. Occasional drizzle. I spent the morning on a call and then doing inventory of the notecards I had printed last year. Apparently they sold well at the Raptor Center last summer. I thought it best to know how many I … Read more

Overcast, then clearing for a couple of hours, before becoming overcast again. Temperatures in the 40s. Yesterday’s official low of 48F at the airport, tied the record for highest low temperature in February previously seen in 1998 and 1968. Two freakishly warm January days in 2018 where the low was 52F (Jan 14-15, the highs … Read more

Overcast with temperatures in the 50s. Light to moderate winds. With cloudy skies, I didn’t feel quite as compelled to spend most of the day out and about. I spent part of the morning processing collections. This mostly involves making sure the collections are bagged and labeled with the date and location. Ideally I also … Read more

Sunny and even warmer today after the frosty morning. Temperatures climbed into the 50s with some moderate winds picking up out of the east in the afternoon. I think the winds today contributed to warmer temperatures by helping to mix relatively warm air aloft down to ground level. I hadn’t thought to check the Harbor … Read more

Another day of clear skies, frosty morning, and temperatures into the 40s with calm winds. When I happened to look at the February calendar this morning and saw it was the 15th, I remembered I had some paperwork due to the city today. Had I not turned it in, it would have been a $100 … Read more