Thursday, December 26, 2013

close to normal... (am.26.dec.13)>

I see a couple of clouds clinging to the Dhauladhar peaks early this morning, otherwise the day is dawning with mostly clear skies.  I'm recording an overnight low temp of 41.9F (5.5C), and the humidity is 33%.  There has been no precipitation in the past 24 hours.

Our weather scenario should remain basically stable during the next four or five days, allowing us to continue with sunshine mixed with occasional patchy clouds, near normal late December temperatures, and very little chance of any rain or snow in the area.  Although there are those minor disturbances in the upper-level flow continuing to ripple across northern India, moisture is currently too sparse to allow any rain/snow shower action to develop.

There is a rather strong storm system expected to move into northern Pakistan by New Year's Eve (Tuesday), and computer models show that it will be able to draw some moisture northward into our area as it approaches.  However, most of the data is then indicating the system will crash out and die rapidly as it moves into northern India.  It's still too early to tell for sure what will happen... stay tuned and we'll keep an eye on it.

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