Friday's stats:
Low temp: 61.7F (16.5C)
High temp: 73.9F (23.3C)
Rainfall: 1.19" (3.0cm) -- through midnight
A wet and gloomy Friday evening is in progress, with cloudy skies, some patches of fog, rain showers and a bit of thunder at times. We had some moderate rain and thunder off and on last night, but the sun busted out nicely this morning, and hung around for a few hours before the clouds and fog thickened up again. This latest round of rain didn't begin until around 4:40pm, but there have definitely been some heavy downpours since that time. Check back for an updated rainfall total later this evening.
This latest surge of more active monsoon conditions began last evening, but the significant rainfall had been rather hit-and-miss until just the last couple of hours. Even last night there was a great disparity between amounts around the area -- ranging from 0.25" (0.6cm) above McLeod to nearly 2.5" (6cm) down in Dharamsala.
The potential for more periods of moderate to heavy rain will continue overnight, and on Saturday and Saturday night as well. The deepest tropical moisture will begin to retreat again between Sunday and Monday morning, as some kind of a push of slightly drier air approaches from the west-northwest. A permanent withdrawal of Monsoon 2015 is still probably three to four weeks away -- but it might be safe to say that we've made it through the peak/climax of the season.
I've posted the rainfall tally for last year's monsoon on a tab at the top of the page, and you can compare that to this year's tally which can also be found on a tab above.
Low temp: 61.7F (16.5C)
High temp: 73.9F (23.3C)
Rainfall: 1.19" (3.0cm) -- through midnight
A wet and gloomy Friday evening is in progress, with cloudy skies, some patches of fog, rain showers and a bit of thunder at times. We had some moderate rain and thunder off and on last night, but the sun busted out nicely this morning, and hung around for a few hours before the clouds and fog thickened up again. This latest round of rain didn't begin until around 4:40pm, but there have definitely been some heavy downpours since that time. Check back for an updated rainfall total later this evening.
This latest surge of more active monsoon conditions began last evening, but the significant rainfall had been rather hit-and-miss until just the last couple of hours. Even last night there was a great disparity between amounts around the area -- ranging from 0.25" (0.6cm) above McLeod to nearly 2.5" (6cm) down in Dharamsala.
The potential for more periods of moderate to heavy rain will continue overnight, and on Saturday and Saturday night as well. The deepest tropical moisture will begin to retreat again between Sunday and Monday morning, as some kind of a push of slightly drier air approaches from the west-northwest. A permanent withdrawal of Monsoon 2015 is still probably three to four weeks away -- but it might be safe to say that we've made it through the peak/climax of the season.
I've posted the rainfall tally for last year's monsoon on a tab at the top of the page, and you can compare that to this year's tally which can also be found on a tab above.
