Tuesday, May 14, 2013

mild for may... (pm.14.may.13)>

Tuesday's stats:

Low temp: 58.8F (14.9C) -- 10:55am
High temp: 72.1F (22.3C) -- 4:50pm
Rainfall: trace

It's a beautiful and comfortably mild mid-May evening, with only a few lingering clouds as the sun heads for the western horizon.  I was worried that our day was on the verge of being ruined this morning, but the clouds and very light rain showers ended up being short-lived, with sunshine making an appearance just before noon.  Due to the late start, temps didn't warm up nearly as much as expected today, but it was extremely pleasant nonetheless.

Our west-northwest flow aloft delivered that very weak disturbance this morning, keeping us from making the big push into the stable and much warmer weather that we're anticipating.  I'm still a bit apprehensive about getting another one of those ripples moving through during the next 24 hours or so, but all the data points to nothing more than perhaps a brief, isolated shower.  The strongest high pressure ridge of the year will be building in as we get into the latter part of the week, so a more and more stable atmosphere is in our future, with rain chances continuing to diminish as the crowds arrive for IPL cricket matches on Thursday and Saturday.

We've got a very long way to go to reach the temperatures being projected over the weekend into early next week by computer models.  But at some point during the next couple of days we're going to see a dramatic warm-up, which could occur over the space of just 24-48 hours -- taking us well above normal for mid-May, and most likely higher than we've experienced this season and year so far.

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