Truckee forecast desk, Monday, October 12
Updated 1:25 AM PDT from the verified 8 model blend, 182 local stations, HRRR and the National Weather Service.
Drizzle and 54 today, then a 14 degree Tuesday morning.
Right now
37 degrees, feels like 28, wind out of the south at 6 mph, humidity 66 percent.
Today
High 54, drizzle. Light wind, gusts under 25 mph. Dry all day.
Tonight
Down to 14 by morning, a hard freeze, so drain hoses and protect anything that holds water.
Storm watch
Nothing wet in the next seven days. All 8 models agree, which is rarer than you would think.
Cold mornings ahead
Every morning this week freezes hard, lows 14 to 26, coldest Tuesday at 14. The 14 on Tuesday is the kind of cold that makes diesel think twice: plug in block heaters and give machines a long warm-up.
Seven days
| Day | Sky | High / low | Rain or snow | Gusts |
|---|
| Today | drizzle | 54 / 19 | 0.06", 68% | 19 |
| Tue | sunny | 58 / 14 | dry | 17 |
| Wed | sunny | 67 / 19 | dry | 15 |
| Thu | sunny | 68 / 25 | dry | 22 |
| Fri | sunny | 67 / 26 | dry | 17 |
| Sat | sunny | 67 / 26 | dry | 9 |
| Sun | sunny | 65 / 25 | dry | 14 |
Crew bottom line
- Freezing mornings all week: curing blankets, heat, drained hoses, block heaters on.
How sure we are
Confidence 85 percent today, 80 by Thursday, 75 a week out.
Bigger picture
Seasonable and unsettled as a very strong El Niño builds. The national outlook for the week after next leans above normal on temperature and below normal on precipitation.
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