Besides a thunderstorm around sunset, we really lucked out with the weather yesterday. The atmosphere is a mess. We have extremely cold air aloft, a coastal storm offshore that just wants to meander around, and a lot of instability to our north and west. None of this is that unusual for late May. But yesterday we were perfectly wedged in between the showers over the mountains and the offshore rain, leaving us with a mostly sunny day and a high around 70.

It's a pattern that is not really anomalous (the weather can be dicey around here all the way through Memorial Day), but since it is out of season somewhat, the computer models have a tough time. Forecasts for the next several days will be extremely low confidence. Nobody knows whether the energy offshore will consolidate into an organized nor'easter early in the week, or whether everything will remain in its currently splattered form.