*Update @ 8:40am... The crazy disparity between 'uphill and downhill' continues. Just had a report of 1.6" (4.1cm) of rain overnight near Norbulingkha -- while I had absolutely zero rain up here.
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It doesn't look very much like monsoon season out there this morning. Although skies are mostly cloudy, there is no fog, and the humidity is hovering around 85%. There was a bit of thunder rumbling around very early this morning, but I've had no new rainfall amounts up here on Tushita Road in the upper part of town. My current temperature at sunrise is 64.4F (18.0C).
The moisture content of the air has dropped considerably since just before noon yesterday (Wed), and it looks like this stretch of drier weather could last another 48 hours or so. As I mentioned last night, our rain chances are not going to be erased altogether -- there could still be some healthy downpours somewhere around the area -- but we probably won't be spending extended hours at the full saturation point, and any showers should be of the scattered variety. A respite, indeed, in the midst of what hasn't really been that bad of a July monsoon period anyway.
Right now it appears that the next major surge of tropical moisture will arrive as early as Saturday, and thicken up during the early part of next week. Widespread heavier rainfall will be back in the forecast, especially by Monday and Tuesday.
The CURRENT FORECAST can be found on the tab at the top of the page.
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It doesn't look very much like monsoon season out there this morning. Although skies are mostly cloudy, there is no fog, and the humidity is hovering around 85%. There was a bit of thunder rumbling around very early this morning, but I've had no new rainfall amounts up here on Tushita Road in the upper part of town. My current temperature at sunrise is 64.4F (18.0C).
The moisture content of the air has dropped considerably since just before noon yesterday (Wed), and it looks like this stretch of drier weather could last another 48 hours or so. As I mentioned last night, our rain chances are not going to be erased altogether -- there could still be some healthy downpours somewhere around the area -- but we probably won't be spending extended hours at the full saturation point, and any showers should be of the scattered variety. A respite, indeed, in the midst of what hasn't really been that bad of a July monsoon period anyway.
Right now it appears that the next major surge of tropical moisture will arrive as early as Saturday, and thicken up during the early part of next week. Widespread heavier rainfall will be back in the forecast, especially by Monday and Tuesday.
The CURRENT FORECAST can be found on the tab at the top of the page.
