Thursday, September 5, 2013

tastes of everything... (am.05.sep.13)>

There are patches of blue and patches of clouds at sunrise this morning.  It's one of the coolest mornings of the season -- I've recorded an overnight low of 61.2F (16.2C).  There has been no rainfall since last evening, and humidity stands at 91% to start the day.

It looks like we will get some sunshine for at least a little while this morning, but clouds and some fog are likely to be on the increase before the noon hour arrives.  That will lead to yet more development of showers and thundershowers, which we've seen on each and every day since September began.  It's been awhile since we've had any rain between late evening and late morning, but the mid-day and afternoon showers seem to never fail to materialize.

Monsoon moisture continues to blanket south and east India, as well as covering a narrow strip along the front ranges of the mountains from Nepal, northwestward all the way into extreme northeastern Pakistan.  In between, there is a tongue of relatively drier air which has been fairly entrenched across Rajasthan, parts of Punjab, then eastward through the Delhi NCR and into much of Uttar Pradesh.  To me, it looks like a monsoon withdrawal declaration could be made at any time for a large chunk of the plains of northwest India, but it appears the IMD is content to wait for several more days just to be sure.

For us, we're going to continue with the daily doses of rainfall during the coming week or more, some of which could be locally heavy at times.  But, there will also continue to be some periods of soothing sunshine and lower humidity on most days, as we remain caught between seasons.

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