Six More Weeks of What Weather???

According to Punxsutawney Phil (he's the furry-faced one without the top hat in the photo at the left), we will have six more weeks of winter in 2009. (Click here for details on this prediction). For Pennsylvanians, that probably means six more weeks of snow, sleet, freezing rain, black ice, and logs burning in fireplaces and woodstoves. But what does it mean for us in the San Francisco Bay Area --- six more weeks of sunshine and Spring weather, or six weeks of rain (which we desperately need)?

The National Weather Service forecast for the next week (beginning today, Friday, February 6th) is:

This Afternoon: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 51. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind becoming north northeast between 5 and 8 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind between 3 and 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. West wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Southwest wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers. Low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55.

The Weather Channel extended forecast calls for sunshine on Friday The Thirteen, showers on Valentine's Day, and more sunny skies on Sunday, February 15th.