Tuesday, May 7, 2013

season's high... (pm.07.may.13)>

Tuesday's stats:

Early morning low temp: 64.6F (18.1C)
Afternoon high temp: 82.8F (28.2C) -- warmest of 2013
Rainfall: none

The warmest day of the year is coming to a close, with a mix of sunshine and just a few clouds around the area this evening.  There was a pretty healthy build-up of clouds over the mountains this afternoon, but it didn't last very long, as the humidity never rose above 35% all day.

A moderately stable air mass is in place across most of northern India, and should hold on for the next couple of days, providing us with more generally quiet and summer-like weather conditions.  Today's high temp was slightly above normal for early May, and unless we get surprised by lots of cloudiness and an extended period of thundershowers, these unseasonably warm temperatures will remain with us.  We will have to watch the mountains during the PM hours for the potential of a random thundershower, otherwise it should remain dry through Thursday.

There will be a major pattern shift beginning on Friday, however, which could bring us a better chance of some significant shower and thunderstorm action over the weekend.  A disturbed upper-level pattern looks like it's going to settle over the western Himalayan region for a few days... so check back here for the latest weekend forecast updates.

As always, your CURRENT FORECAST for the next five days can be found on the tab at the top of the page.