Friday, August 1, 2014

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Friday's stats:

Low temp: 65.1F (18.4C)
High temp: 70.7F (21.5C) -- updated
Rainfall: 0.98" (2.5cm)

It's a variable end to a variable day, with clumps of clouds, patches of fog, some haze, and also some sunshine thrown into the mix.  As expected, we did end up with some fairly decent periods of sun today -- early this morning and then again this afternoon and evening -- but we also had to endure a significant amount of rain which occurred mostly between about 9:00am and 1:30pm.  I was surprised that the showers got going so early, but happy that they tapered off early enough to salvage a good part of the day.

By the time the 1st of August arrives, most of us are usually over the initial novelty factor of the monsoon season, and the reality of this long slog starts to sink in.  We're not even halfway through the season -- there's a lot more to come -- but already I've measured 50% of the normal June through September average rainfall.  The normal rainfall for the month of August is only slightly less than that of July, so we could come up with another 35-40" (89-102cm) during the next 30 days.

Our recent variability and dramatic swings between clouds, fog, sun and rain are expected to continue over the weekend, though the computer model data is showing lower daily rainfall totals.  These subtleties may mean very little in actuality, but it's possible that we'll get some slight relief.  Looking further ahead, it looks like mid-monsoon business as usual through most of next week.

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