Tuesday, September 14, 2010

tuesday morning (14sep)>

we have mostly cloudy skies and a rather cool 15C/59F early this morning.  there was no additional rainfall overnight (thank goodness), but we're just now starting to get some showers again.  here are the totals for the last 36 hours, along with the totals for the month of september:
-near main temple... 6.25" (15.9cm) sunday evening - monday.  14.25" (36.2cm) for september.
-upper mcleod ganj... 6.75" (17.1cm) sunday evening - monday.  13.56" (34.4cm) for september.

our tropical moisture is on its way out for a few days.  we'll still have to contend with some rain and thundershowers today, but a surge of drier air is scheduled to push through tomorrow, and force most of the unstable monsoon air to our south and east.  at this point, i'm expecting little or no rainfall on thursday and friday... along with some longer stretches of sunshine, lower humidity and less fog.  however, it appears that we won't get to declare an official END to the monsoon season this week, as that moisture (along with increasing rain chances) will return on saturday.  remember, one of the criteria for monsoon withdrawal is 5 days in a row without rainfall.  i'm pretty skeptical of that happening just yet...

TUESDAY: mostly cloudy skies with some fog at times.  a few periods of rain and thundershowers.  cool...
high: 21C (69F)

TUESDAY NIGHT: still a good chance of some showers or thunderstorms around, especially before midnight... otherwise partly cloudy.
low: 16C (60F)

WEDNESDAY: periods of sunshine in between clouds.  one or two showers possible, mainly in the PM.
high: 21C (71F)

THURSDAY: partly sunny skies... warmer and less humid.  only a slight chance of a PM shower.
high: 23C (73F)

FRIDAY: a good amount of sun, with mainly afternoon clouds.  an isolated shower possible.
high: 23C (74F)

SATURDAY: increasing clouds and fog again... with a better chance of some rain and/or thunderstorms late in the day.
high: 23C (73F)