Ugly northwest jet will continue to bring periods of wind and clouds with high temps mostly in the 50's this week.

For the Dweebs, this is my least favorite time of the year. It is the transition season between Spring and Summer with the northwest jet prolonged through Northern and Central Ca.

The jet is tilted NW/SE as a long wave upper high inside of 140 west is too far off shore to bring warm temperatures and too close to California for any major storms.

The front left exit region favors the sierra with “wave clouds”, so you wave cloud photographers, will have the opportunity for some good shots this week in the early a.m. hours and late afternoon.

The NW jet with its front right exit region over the central sierra favors convergence aloft in this sector. Downward vertical motion results in strong winds at times aloft.

It will be quite breezy to windy over the upper elevations of Mammoth Mt., most of this week.

There will be nuisance snow showers this week, mainly Monday through Wednesday morning. However, the showers will not add up to much of anything. I call it nuisance weather! But it is necessary to get the season along before summer finally hits in June.

Will there be one last storm before summer hits? The climate forecast system suggest that the 3rd week of May will be colder than normal with the chance of snowfall. No telling how much though.

Canyon Lodge is now closed I hear. There is rumor that the mountain may stay open this summer for skiing and boarding. Nothing official yet.