Thursday, May 22, 2014

warmest in awhile... (am.22.may.14)>

We have blue skies and full sunshine early this morning, with a humidity reading of 41%.  My overnight low temp here in the upper part of town was 62.2F (16.8C), and there has been no rainfall to report.

There are no clouds threatening from any direction here at the start of the day, but as usual, we'll have to keep an eye on cumulus development over the mountains by mid-day into the early afternoon.  According to the computer model data, our atmosphere should remain fairly stable today, with just a slight chance of a PM thundershower popping up somewhere around the area.  Our temps will probably be at their warmest of the past ten days or so.

A series of upper-level disturbances will begin to affect northern India by tomorrow (Fri), creating an unstable/unsettled period that will last through the weekend into early next week.  Warmer air will be attempting to surge northward as well, and that's going to set the stage for some scattered shower and thunderstorm activity on a daily basis.  I really don't expect any long-term rains that will totally ruin the weekend, but we're going to have to be prepared for some back-and-forth between sunshine and rain/thunder, it appears, along with the temperature fluctuations that go with that.

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