Kevin Shaw

Tuesday was partly cloudy, still blustery at times, and a bit colder than Christmas Day statistically but wind chill temps actually eased up a bit. No snow though, but there is a slight chance for snow Wednesday […]

Christmas Day Monday started out cloudy and a bit damp (0.01″) but started to clear out by sunrise and the rest of the day was partly cloudy, very windy at times, and colder with temps during the day holding in […]

Sunday was a mostly cloudy, colder day with just traces of evening rain in frontal activity that is ushering in some cold and  very windy conditions on occasion. The Sunday minimum temperature from the VP2 […]

I fell in my apartment earlier this week and had to go to the ER of the closest hospital to get checked out and fixed up. So that put a real delay in posting my daily weather. I will describe Saturday fully, and […]

Tuesday was a mostly sunny, still milder day. It was the second warmest day of the month, only surpassed by a 57.7° max on December 5. I once again remained above freezing overnight, only dropping into the […]

Monday was a partly to mostly cloudy, milder day. I remained above freezing overnight. Temps warmed into the mid 50s in the mid-afternoon, then dropped off a bit but was still in the mid-upper 40s by midnight obs […]

Sunday was a catch up day, busy all day with Christmas planning, weather report backlog cleanup, and plenty of great NFL football action. besides the usual email, facebook, laundry and meal preparation/consuming. […]

Saturday continued my crazy holiday schedule so I didn’t get a chance to post my daily weather for the day till now. So I will be brief once again with just basic data and highlights of the day. I will make a full […]

From a twitter post by Mark Growth, this very interesting, well-written article by Simon Owens tells us all about how the Capital Weather Gang got their great weather blog started and posted through the […]

Friday was a mostly cloudy, colder day that featured mid-day to late afternoon light snow and sleet that put our outdoor views in a decidedly festive, traditional holiday “mood.” It was beautiful! Please see the […]

I had some computer/logistical/snowy problems/concerns on Thursday evening/early Friday morning so I did not post my Thursday report until now. It will be a briefer, more condensed report for Thursday, with a […]

Wednesday was a partly cloudy, cold, and blustery day in the AM and early PM, then I had increasing clouds in the mid-afternoon and lessening winds brought on by more clipper action that was mostly active to the […]

Tuesday was a partly to mostly sunny, snowless day that started out mild but temperatures started to drop significantly in the afternoon and evening with significant wind chills heading towards the 0 mark. Tuesday […]

Really timely article in Live Science on pyrocumulus clouds, which occur in the vicinity of large wildfires as is happening in Southern California at this time, and also in volcanoes all over the world. Always […]

Monday was a mostly to partly cloudy, milder, snowless day that actually saw the snowpack vanish (see featured image) as temps rose into the mid 40s and mins stayed above freezing. Monday temperatures only dropped […]

Sunday was a cloudy, cold, snowless day that saw the snowpack reduce a bit under the still surprisingly powerful sun’s rays under the cloudy skies. Sunday temperatures dropped very early in the AM into the upper […]

Saturday was a glorious day, nice and wintry with cloudy, cold skies and an all day beautiful light snow (2.0″ total – average of 4 measurements on the snowboard and a 0.21″ snow water equivalent (SWE)) that only […]

On Friday we had cloudy skies (thickening and lowering cirrostratus/altostratus overcast) with no precipitation (yet) as final preparations for our overnight and during the day Saturday snow were busily completed. […]