dark as pitch and 18C/65F early this morning. we have thick clouds, thick fog, some thunder, and more rain moving in even as i type. i had an additional 0.28" (0.7cm) overnight, for a total of 1.48" (3.8cm) since last evening around 6pm. as i posted last night, our observers near the main temple received 3.35" (8.5cm) just during the 3 hours of rain last evening... an indication of the wide variability that can occur with these heavy downpours.
**UPDATE @ 745AM** rainfall totals since 6pm last evening:
-near main temple... 6.85" (17.4cm)
-upper mcleod ganj... 3.98" (10.1cm)
-naddi village... 2.95" (7.5cm)
rainfall in the past 13 hours near the main temple is the heaviest amount in the shortest time of the entire monsoon season thus far!
well... monsoon madness is definitely back. it looks like rain coverage and intensity will only increase during the next 2 or 3 days, with periods of showers, thunderstorms, and some steady rains likely. in between we may still get a peek of sunshine now and then, but the clouds and fog will dominate. be on the lookout for potential road washouts and landslides once again, as these late-season rains fall on already saturated ground...
TUESDAY: mostly cloudy and foggy with occasional rain and thunder.
high: 21C (70F)
TUESDAY NIGHT: partly to mostly cloudy with a good chance of a period of rain or thunderstorms.
low: 18C (64F)
WEDNESDAY: mostly cloudy skies with periods of fog. occasional rain likely, with a thunderstorm also possible.
high: 21C (69F)
THURSDAY: lots of clouds and fog with periods of rain.
high: 20C (68F)
FRIDAY: more rain likely... otherwise mostly cloudy and foggy.
high: 20C (68F)
SATURDAY: partly to mostly cloudy skies with a good chance of a few showers around.
high: 22C (71F)
