Wednesday, October 23, 2013

sun/haze/clouds... (am.23.oct.13)>

We have a hazy sky with just a few patches of clouds early this morning as the eastern sky slowly brightens.  My temperature in the upper part of town is 57F (13.9C), with a humidity reading of 75%.  There has been no rainfall overnight, and none in the past 24 hours.

Humidity is on the high side this morning, so despite the hazy sun to start the day, scattered clouds are already threatening, and will likely thicken up well before noon.  There is also a mentionable risk of an isolated shower or two somewhere along the front slopes of the mountains during the afternoon hours, but most of us will probably not get wet.

There are still no really dramatic shifts in our overall weather scenario expected in the next few days, as a general westerly flow of air in the upper atmosphere races across northern India, with a stagnant pattern here in the lower levels.  We're not going to see full sunshine, but the clouds shouldn't completely take over either -- as we remain in this back-and-forth situation between mornings and afternoons.  The next weather change on the horizon is a rather strong upper-level disturbance forecast to slide in from the northwest by Sunday, into early next week.  RIght now it doesn't look like much of a rain-maker, but it could potentially usher in some significantly cooler air as we close out the month of October.

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