Thursday, April 24, 2014

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This morning is dawning with clear skies again, so we'll be seeing lots of bright sunshine in a matter of minutes.  There has been no precipitation overnight, and I'm recording a low temp of 58.6F (14.8C).  The current humidity reading is 38%.

Today will be day five of dry weather -- we've not had so much as a single drop of rain since last Saturday afternoon.  That really shouldn't be much of a big deal during April, but considering the long stretch of wet weather this year which began on the 3rd of February, it's something to get excited about.  We've got no disturbances of any kind threatening today, but there will be the usual afternoon instability issue over the mountains, leading to the development of some cumulus clouds and perhaps an isolated shower somewhere up there.  There is still a weak ripple of upper-level energy projected to swing across extreme northern Kashmir during the first part of the weekend, so we have to be aware of a slightly better chance of a couple of random showers or thundershowers around the area between late Friday and Saturday afternoon.  But honestly, that threat is not looking like much to be concerned about at this point.

Temperatures have reached the comfort zone the last few days, but should be rising further and quite dramatically as we move into the early part of next week.  A very robust ridge of high pressure will build into northern India starting on Sunday, giving us our first glimpses and tastes of summer -- with temps eventually reaching 80F (26.7C).

Check the CURRENT FORECAST details on the tab above.