Wednesday, May 2, 2012

recovery underway... (pm.02.may.12)>

There are still some clouds clinging to the mountains this evening, otherwise we're in line for a beautiful sunset.  Full sunshine this morning gave way to quickly-developing clouds over the mountains by noon, but then the sun managed to maintain control in the end... allowing the high temp at my place on Tushita Road to reach 74.8F (23.8C)... the warmest in exactly one week.  There has been no rainfall as of the time of this posting, and hopefully it will stay that way.

The shift in our overall weather pattern appears to be proceeding according to expectations, so far.  Warmer air arriving in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere has already contributed to greater stability today, and we'll be watching carefully during the next few days to see if that trend will continue.  If it does, then our rain chances will be quite low, and temperatures will be warming up quite dramatically.  However, there is always the nagging risk of a random pool of colder air aloft drifting through, which could ignite a round of thundershowers over the mountains, mainly during the PM hours.  Keep that in mind if you're heading uphill.

It now looks like there is a pretty good chance that we'll be experiencing the warmest temperatures of the season (80F/27C+) by the weekend.  Other than that potential for a stray PM thundershower, it looks like a good amount of sunshine will prevail...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
clear to partly cloudy.
low: 14C (58F)

THURSDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy and comfortable.  an isolated PM mountain thundershower?
high: 24C (75F)

THURSDAY NIGHT:
slight chance of an evening thundershower, otherwise mostly clear and mild.
low: 16C (60F)

FRIDAY:
sunshine and occasional clouds.  warming trend continues.
high: 25C (77F)

SATURDAY:
sun and some patches of clouds at times.  seasonably warm.
morning low: 17C (62F)
daytime high: 26C (79F)

SUNDAY:
partly cloudy and warm.  an isolated evening thunderstorm?
morning low: 18C (64F)
daytime high: 27C (80F)

MONDAY:
both sun and clouds.  warm, with a risk of a couple of afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
morning low: 18C (65F)
daytime high: 27C (80F)