Saturday, July 17, 2010

saturday morning>

it's 19c/66f... with clouds, fog and light rain just past 6am. thundershowers rumbled throughout the night, and the views from the satellite show large clusters of rain and thundershowers covering most of himachal pradesh and uttar anchal. this onslaught of rainy weather has come in much more quickly than expected... in fact a full 48 hours ahead of one of the most reliable computer models. it seems we're making up for lost time after 3 full days without rain earlier this week!

**UPDATE** rainfall overnight and this morning (up til 9am) was 0.70" (1.8cm)... that gives us a total of 1.95" (5cm) in the past 24 hours.**

periods of rain and thundershowers will occur on and off both today and sunday, but then it looks like we could see some steady, heavier rains develop on monday through wednesday, as a deep, organized surge of tropical moisture interacts with a disturbance in the upper atmosphere. heavy rainfall totals will become more and more likely... with 6 inches (15cm) not at all out of the question by the middle of next week. we may see glimpses of sun from time to time this weekend, but there is so much moisture around... clouds and fog will never be too far away. temps will be nearly stationary in the 18-22C (65-72F) range both day and night...

SATURDAY: periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm this morning, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms again in the afternoon. mostly cloudy, foggy and cooler.
high: 21C (70F)

SATURDAY NIGHT: partly to mostly cloudy with a good chance of a thundershower or two.
low: 18C (65F)

SUNDAY: a few peeks of sunshine possible in the morning, otherwise mostly cloudy and foggy with a good chance of some showers and thunderstorms.
high: 21C (70F)

MONDAY: mostly cloudy and foggy with periods of rain and thunderstorms likely.
high: 21C (69F)

TUESDAY: periods of rain, along with lots of clouds and fog.
high: 20C (68F)

WEDNESDAY: cloudy, foggy and rainy.
high: 20C (68F)