Wednesday, October 30, 2013

temporarily gorgeous... (pm.30.oct.13)>

Wednesday's stats:

Low temp: 55.6F (13.1C)
High temp: 64.9F (18.3C)
Rainfall: none

It is a classically beautiful late October evening in McLeod Ganj... and it's hard to comprehend that we've had to wait so long this year to see more than a very few of these.  We had a few patches of high thin clouds today, and a minor build-up of cumulus clouds over the mountains this afternoon, otherwise the sun was firmly in control.  Humidity was where it should be this time of year -- averaging around 35-40% over the course of the day.

Our gorgeous weather today may end up being a bit deceptive, as an upper-level circulation drops in from the west-northwest during the coming 24-48 hours or so.  It remains to be seen how much impact this system will have on us, but our risk of a at least a couple of rounds of showers and thundershowers will be on the rise starting tonight... with that chance continuing through Friday.  It's going to take some pretty strong upper-level dynamics to make use of the limited moisture available right now, but stay tuned as we watch whether or not we might come up with some rainfall for the first time in almost 10 days.

The other issues to keep an eye on are a blast of cooler temperatures as the weekend arrives, and maybe some strong and gusty winds developing late Thursday or Friday.  We could have an interesting October/November transition period.

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