Saturday, May 18, 2013

on the rise... (pm.18.may.13)>

Saturday's stats:

Early morning low temp: 68.5F (20.3C)
Afternoon high temp: 87.8F (31.0C) -- warmest of 2013
Rainfall: none

This post is very late, as compared to usual, but I just wanted to share the fundamentals, and update the CURRENT FORECAST which is located on the tab above.

Our summertime high pressure ridge definitely claimed its territory today, providing almost perfectly stable conditions -- even the afternoon clouds over the highest peaks of the mountains were kept at a minimum.  Low humidity and strong sunshine boosted my high temp in the upper part of town to its warmest of the season and the year, but it looks very likely that we'll continue to see temperatures rise over the course of the next several days, as genuine summer heat wave conditions settle in across nearly all of northern India, apart from the highest elevations.

Unless there are some shocking and unforeseen events with regard to this weather pattern, we're in line for a dry and hot week ahead...