Sunday's stats:
Low temp: 63.9F (17.7C)
High temp: 69.8F (21.0C)
Rainfall since midnight: 1.08" (2.7cm)
It's been a rather interesting day, with our weather swinging from one extreme to another. We have a mix of sun and clouds as sunset approaches this evening, but it was raining heavily just 2 hours ago. A very heavy downpour accompanied by thunder, lightning and thick fog delivered about 0.90" (2.2cm) of rain in just over half an hour this afternoon, allowing our monthly rainfall total to progress after having stalled yesterday.
I spent the late afternoon running around town trying to gather information on an incident near the Bhagsu waterfall this afternoon. Apparently, there was a massive surge of muddy water that came down, due to a period of brief but extremely heavy rainfall up-mountain. That corresponds with the time we were hearing lots of thunder north and east over the Dhauladhars (around 3:00pm), and before our spell of heavy rain down here in McLeod. I can't confirm anything, but I've heard reports that two tea stalls near the waterfall were seriously damaged or washed away, and some people were temporarily stranded before the run-off of water subsided a bit. If you've heard anything else, feel free to post in the comments section below.
I remember several years ago when two iron bridges below the waterfall were torn apart and carried downstream. Sudden cloudbursts/heavy downpours can be treacherous in areas with steep elevation gradients.
As we push into the latter part of August, we should see more days with this kind of variety -- heavy downpours preceded and/or followed by periods of sunshine. Computer model data shows a decreasing amount of available moisture in the air as we progress through the coming week which means our anticipated slight decrease in humidity and increasing chance of sunny breaks is on track. Still, moderate to heavy showers can and likely will pop up at any time.
CURRENT FORECAST details, along with MONSOON 2013 RAINFALL totals can be found on tabs at the top of the page.
Low temp: 63.9F (17.7C)
High temp: 69.8F (21.0C)
Rainfall since midnight: 1.08" (2.7cm)
It's been a rather interesting day, with our weather swinging from one extreme to another. We have a mix of sun and clouds as sunset approaches this evening, but it was raining heavily just 2 hours ago. A very heavy downpour accompanied by thunder, lightning and thick fog delivered about 0.90" (2.2cm) of rain in just over half an hour this afternoon, allowing our monthly rainfall total to progress after having stalled yesterday.
I spent the late afternoon running around town trying to gather information on an incident near the Bhagsu waterfall this afternoon. Apparently, there was a massive surge of muddy water that came down, due to a period of brief but extremely heavy rainfall up-mountain. That corresponds with the time we were hearing lots of thunder north and east over the Dhauladhars (around 3:00pm), and before our spell of heavy rain down here in McLeod. I can't confirm anything, but I've heard reports that two tea stalls near the waterfall were seriously damaged or washed away, and some people were temporarily stranded before the run-off of water subsided a bit. If you've heard anything else, feel free to post in the comments section below.
I remember several years ago when two iron bridges below the waterfall were torn apart and carried downstream. Sudden cloudbursts/heavy downpours can be treacherous in areas with steep elevation gradients.
As we push into the latter part of August, we should see more days with this kind of variety -- heavy downpours preceded and/or followed by periods of sunshine. Computer model data shows a decreasing amount of available moisture in the air as we progress through the coming week which means our anticipated slight decrease in humidity and increasing chance of sunny breaks is on track. Still, moderate to heavy showers can and likely will pop up at any time.
CURRENT FORECAST details, along with MONSOON 2013 RAINFALL totals can be found on tabs at the top of the page.
