Friday, March 28, 2014

a bit depressing... (am.28.mar.14)>

There's been a lot of cloudiness for us to put up with recently, and the case is the same this morning -- it's totally overcast just before sunrise.  We had a fairly impressive period of rain with some thunder overnight, and my rain gauge is showing 0.44" (1.1cm).  I recorded a low temp of 46.0F (7.8C) during the rain, but it's bounced back to 53.8F (12.1C) at the moment.  Humidity is temporarily lower -- at 40%.

Our latest weather disturbance is showing up on satellite pics and upper-air charts as a weak upper-level circulation over southern Afghanistan this morning.  It's not a very strong or dynamic system, but as it continues moving towards northern India today into this evening and encounters deep moisture already in place, there will likely be more rain and thundershower development occurring.  We've already received almost half of the amount of rain I was expecting this system to produce -- so if we end up getting another couple of rounds of moderate rain by late tonight or early Saturday morning, we'll end up with well over an inch (2.5cm) of total rainfall.

It still looks like we'll be shifting into a trend of improving weather starting tomorrow, and especially on Sunday.  A weak ridge of high pressure will try very hard to establish itself across northwest India, providing us with drier, calmer, sunnier, and probably warmer conditions through Tuesday of next week.  But yes -- there is another potential rain-maker in the forecast by Wednesday.

Check the CURRENT FORECAST specifics on the tab above.