Friday, January 24, 2014

temps on the rise... (am.24.jan.14)>

Apart from some random small patches of high clouds, we have clear skies this morning.  It is calm and quiet and not too cold -- the overnight low has been 43.6F (6.4C), with no precipitation since last report.  Humidity is 43%.

It still looks like we are in for an extended inactive phase of weather to close out the month of January.  The flow in the upper/jet stream levels will be basically flat from west to east during the coming week, with only a few very weak ripples drifting through from time to time.  That means we should alternate between nice sunshine and a few periods of mainly mid- and high cloudiness, with very little chance of any significant precipitation.  I'm keeping a mention of a random shower on Sunday, as perhaps the most potent upper-level 'ripple' should move across northern India then -- but at this point it doesn't look like much to worry about.

Temperatures should be back above 50F (10C) today, with highs remaining well above that threshold for several days in a row.  Unless there are some shake-ups in the overall weather pattern (which of course is always possible), we're in line for a rather long period of uneventful but pleasant mid-winter conditions.

CURRENT FORECAST details can be found on the tab above.