Wednesday, June 17, 2015

stable and very warm... (pm.17.jun.15)>

Wednesday's stats:

Low temp: 66.7F (19.3C)
High temp: 85.4F (29.7C)
Rainfall: none

A comfortably warm evening is in progress, with only a few clouds scattered across the sky as the sun sets.  For the second day in a row we've had ZERO rainfall, though there was again some impressive cumulus cloud development over the mountains during the mid-day.  For a while during the early afternoon it looked like we might hear some thunder or see a few drops of rain, but at least where I was, that never happened.  The sun became dominant again by the late afternoon, allowing the high temp for the day to get very close to 86ºF/30ºC.

That high pressure ridge to our west-southwest we've been discussing recently crept a little further in our direction today, and will build even more aggressively into northwest India tomorrow (Thu) and Friday.  It's already been doing a good job of stabilizing our atmosphere, and we should continue to experience generally stable conditions for the next 48 hours or so.  Expect this mix of sunshine and mainly mountain cloudiness to continue -- with our temps rising higher during the next couple of days.  Unless we get too much afternoon cloud development, we could be dealing with the highest temps of the season and the year -- close to 90ºF/32ºC.

The humidity hasn't been too hard to deal with yet, as it has remained in the 40-45% range for the most part.  BUT -- it's still looking like we're going to see the very first surge of genuine tropical moisture over the weekend.  That will make it feel much more muggy and sticky, while also significantly increasing our risk of some periods of rain and thunderstorms.  Our first taste of the advancing monsoon may not be too far away...

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