Tuesday, May 7, 2013

hazy and warm... (am.07.may.13)>

This Tuesday morning is featuring a mix of sun, haze, and a few high clouds, with humidity at 35%.  The low temperature just before sunrise was a mild 64.6F (18.1C), and there was no rainfall overnight.

A ridge of high pressure has now grabbed ahold of northern India, and should dominate the weather pattern for the next three days or so.  Although we'll still have to be on the lookout for an isolated shower or thundershower over the mountains during mainly the afternoon hours, it looks like hazy sunshine and occasional high clouds will be the theme, allowing temperatures to rise above 80F again, after a respite of a couple of days.  In fact, if clouds don't play spoiler, we'll likely see the highest temps of the season (so far) between today (Tue) and Thursday.

By Friday, the next upper-level system will start to move into northwest India, just in time to bring an increasing chance of some significant shower and thunderstorm activity over the weekend.  May is the fourth driest month of the year, with 2.3" (5.9cm) of rain on average -- that's not a lot, but we can expect at least a few healthy periods of rain this month if we expect to reach that total.

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