*Update @ 9:05pm... Humidity at 70% this time of night has me concerned. That's the highest humidity reading I've recorded since our storm on Sunday evening. Getting more and more worried that our recent dry and quiet weather could be in jeopardy in the coming 48-72 hours or so.
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Friday's stats:
Low temp: 64.6F (18.1C)
High temp: 77.9F (25.5C)
Rainfall: trace
It is mostly cloudy just before sunset this evening, and there have even been a couple of brief sprinkles of rain in the area since around 5pm. Once again, we had almost unlimited sunshine until the early afternoon, when developing clouds over the mountains began to expand and spread gradually downhill. Before the clouds thickened up, my temp in the upper part of town almost reached 78F (25.5C), which was the warmest since the very earliest stages of the monsoon season. Humidity today was not as low as yesterday, but did dip to 44% at one point this morning.
A resurgence of tropical/monsoon moisture continues to approach from the southeast, and although computer models are saying that it won't engulf us, I am not convinced. Already deep moisture is producing clouds, fog and scattered thundershowers across nearly all of Uttarakhand, and I am having a hard time seeing how some of that action is not going to sneak its way northwestward along the front slopes of the mountains into our neighborhood over the weekend. Maybe it will come to a screeching halt just to our southeast, sparing us from a monsoon curtain call -- but I think we're in for an increase in clouds and fog, along with some better rain chances during the next few days.
If this lingering moisture DOES take over for a few days, it looks like a brand new surge of drier air will force it back to the southeast starting on Tuesday, ushering in another period of generally sunny, dry and quite warm weather for the remainder of next week. Keep an eye on this space if you want to stay on top of what's happening.
The CURRENT FORECAST is available on the tab at the top of the page.
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Friday's stats:
Low temp: 64.6F (18.1C)
High temp: 77.9F (25.5C)
Rainfall: trace
It is mostly cloudy just before sunset this evening, and there have even been a couple of brief sprinkles of rain in the area since around 5pm. Once again, we had almost unlimited sunshine until the early afternoon, when developing clouds over the mountains began to expand and spread gradually downhill. Before the clouds thickened up, my temp in the upper part of town almost reached 78F (25.5C), which was the warmest since the very earliest stages of the monsoon season. Humidity today was not as low as yesterday, but did dip to 44% at one point this morning.
A resurgence of tropical/monsoon moisture continues to approach from the southeast, and although computer models are saying that it won't engulf us, I am not convinced. Already deep moisture is producing clouds, fog and scattered thundershowers across nearly all of Uttarakhand, and I am having a hard time seeing how some of that action is not going to sneak its way northwestward along the front slopes of the mountains into our neighborhood over the weekend. Maybe it will come to a screeching halt just to our southeast, sparing us from a monsoon curtain call -- but I think we're in for an increase in clouds and fog, along with some better rain chances during the next few days.
If this lingering moisture DOES take over for a few days, it looks like a brand new surge of drier air will force it back to the southeast starting on Tuesday, ushering in another period of generally sunny, dry and quite warm weather for the remainder of next week. Keep an eye on this space if you want to stay on top of what's happening.
The CURRENT FORECAST is available on the tab at the top of the page.
