Saturday, March 22, 2014

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*Update @ 5:52pm... 

Today's low: 52.7F (11.5C)
Today's high: 65.5F (18.6C)
Rainfall: none

There are scattered thundershowers lined up all along the front ranges of the Himalayas this evening, from Kashmir through Himachal and Uttarakhand into Nepal.  This development has stayed to our north and east, and should diminish as the sun sets this evening.  Check the latest CURRENT FORECAST on the tab above.

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We have a clear sky across the area at sunrise on this Saturday morning.  I'm recording an overnight low temp of 53.2F (11.8C) here in the upper part of town, and there has been no precipitation during the past 24 hours.  Humidity this morning is 30%.

Yesterday we had an all-day battle between sun and clouds again, but there was enough sunshine to bump the high temp to 61.7F (16.5C).  It's looking like it will be at least that warm both today and Sunday, as long as we can continue to come up with several hours of halfway decent sunshine.  Our general weather pattern remains on the fickle and changeable side, however, as a west-southwesterly flow in the upper atmosphere continues to bring in weak disturbances.  Yesterday there was a bit of thunder over the mountains around 5:00pm, but other than that, it hasn't become unstable enough yet to trigger any significant shower/thundershower development.  That will probably remain the case today -- just don't be surprised by a random afternoon shower w/thunder somewhere around our area.

A more significant batch of upper-level energy and some surging moisture are still in the forecast for tomorrow (Sun) night into Tuesday.  That's going to give us a better chance of a more significant round of showers and thunderstorms -- mainly between very late Sunday night and Tuesday morning.  We'll probably see a dip in temperatures during that period, otherwise it should be fairly pleasant (though a bit cooler than normal) for the season over the course of the next several days at least.

Check the CURRENT FORECAST details on the tab above.