Thursday, August 12, 2010

thursday morning>

rain has been falling steadily since about 215am... and i have 0.45" (1.1cm) here at the weathergeek office at the top of mcleod ganj. will look forward to hear the tally from near the main temple later in the morning. the temperature is currently 18C/64F.

**RAINFALL UPDATE 8:18am** exactly 2" (5.1cm) in upper mcleod ganj. 1.55" (3.9cm) of that has fallen in the past 2 hours.

the satellite photos this morning are showing an area of rain parked right on top of us, covering most of the northwestern section of himachal pradesh. as has been the case recently, there is little movement indicated, thanks to nearly calm winds in the upper atmosphere. yesterday was a huge day for rainfall over much of northwest india, including chandigarh, most of punjab, haryana and the delhi NCR. there are reports of flooding in many places to our south. periods of rain will persist, and thunderstorms with heavy rain are likely to develop again today over parts of northern india. not everyone will get in on the action, but where it hits, it will be intense! statistics show that THIS WEEK is the peak of the heaviest monsoon rains across northwest india, on average...

THURSDAY: cloudy and foggy with periods of rain, with some thunder possible as well.
high: 20C (68F)

THURSDAY NIGHT: occasional rain and thundershowers. otherwise mostly cloudy and foggy.
low: 17C (63F)

FRIDAY: more off and on rain is likely, along with plenty of clouds and fog. remaining cool.
high: 20C (68F)

SATURDAY: mostly cloudy skies with areas of fog. a few periods of rain likely.
high: 21C (69F)

SUNDAY: a few peeks of sunshine possible, otherwise mostly cloudy and foggy with a few showers.
high: 21C (70F)

MONDAY: mostly cloudy and foggy, with a good chance of more rain.
high: 21C (70F)