Saturday, October 22, 2011

sun & possible showers... (am.22.oct.11)>

it's another perfectly clear morning.  the humidity stands at a comfortable 47%, and we've had an overnight low temp of 56.8F (13.8C), which is the coolest i've recorded this month.  there has been a trace of rainfall in the past 24 hours, thanks to the brief thundershower late yesterday afternoon.

satellite pics this morning show clusters of cloudiness hovering to our north and west, in association with an upper-level disturbance over northern pakistan.  most of the energy associated with this system will remain to our north, which means the best chance of significant rain and snowfall will be across kashmir and perhaps a few of the mountain ranges and valleys of extreme northern himachal pradesh.  this system has been developing fairly consistently this week, so our suspicions that we will be left out of the majority of the precipitation are being confirmed, so far.

still, be aware that a period or two of showers, or perhaps and thunderstorm, could occur in our neighborhood over the weekend, and be prepared for sudden changes... especially during the afternoon and evening hours.  the dhauladars could pick up a decent coating of snow by late sunday!  temperatures have cooled off a bit during the past 12-18 hours... and i think we can expect generally cooler weather to last for the next few days.

SATURDAY: sunshine early, with increasing clouds by noon.  chance of a shower or thundershower in the area during the PM.  cooler.
high: 19C (67F)

SATURDAY NIGHT: risk of a period of thundershowers... otherwise partly cloudy.
low: 13C (56F)

SUNDAY: partly to mostly cloudy with a good chance of a period of showers or a thunderstorm.
high: 19C (66F)

MONDAY: partly sunny skies.
morning low: 13C (56F)
daytime high: 19C (67F)

TUESDAY: mostly sunny and pleasantly mild.
morning low: 14C (57F)
daytime high: 20C (68F)

WEDNESDAY: plenty of sunshine.  nice fall temps.
morning low: 14C (58F)
daytime high: 21C (69F)