apart from the haze, skies are clear before sunrise this morning. i'm recording an overnight low of 72.5F (22.5C), the warmest since 16 may, which also happened to be the warmest day of the year thus far. the thundershowers that were rumbling around kashmir and himachal again last night have totally dissipated, after avoiding us altogether... only a trace of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
four days of steady warming have now brought us right back to normal for early june, and with further warming this week, we'll end up above normal. this is due to the persistent ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere sprawled from the persian gulf into northwest india, which has been allowing the heat to build once again. it looks like the welcome arrival of a nice thunderstorm will be the only way to break the heat, and there is at least a mentionable chance of that happening both today and tomorrow during the afternoons/evenings. there are still no organized storm systems in sight... but instability created by the heating of the surface during the day, colliding with the cooler air entrenched above the mountains will provide us with the potential for some of that thundershower relief.
otherwise, we'll continue to see a mix of sunshine, haze and some afternoon clouds... very much on par for the first half of june.
MONDAY: hazy sunshine, with some clouds and a chance of a thundershower during the PM. very warm.
high: 29C (84F)
MONDAY NIGHT: a shower or thundershower in the area this evening... then clearing overnight.
low: 22C (72F)
TUESDAY: a mix of sun, haze and a few clouds. an isolated PM thundershower possible.
high: 29C (85F)
WEDNESDAY: partly to mostly sunny and hazy. very warm.
high: 29C (85F)
THURSDAY: still very warm, with hazy sunshine and a few clouds.
high: 29C (85F)
FRIDAY: partly cloudy and hazy. stagnant.
high: 29C (84F)
four days of steady warming have now brought us right back to normal for early june, and with further warming this week, we'll end up above normal. this is due to the persistent ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere sprawled from the persian gulf into northwest india, which has been allowing the heat to build once again. it looks like the welcome arrival of a nice thunderstorm will be the only way to break the heat, and there is at least a mentionable chance of that happening both today and tomorrow during the afternoons/evenings. there are still no organized storm systems in sight... but instability created by the heating of the surface during the day, colliding with the cooler air entrenched above the mountains will provide us with the potential for some of that thundershower relief.
otherwise, we'll continue to see a mix of sunshine, haze and some afternoon clouds... very much on par for the first half of june.
MONDAY: hazy sunshine, with some clouds and a chance of a thundershower during the PM. very warm.
high: 29C (84F)
MONDAY NIGHT: a shower or thundershower in the area this evening... then clearing overnight.
low: 22C (72F)
TUESDAY: a mix of sun, haze and a few clouds. an isolated PM thundershower possible.
high: 29C (85F)
WEDNESDAY: partly to mostly sunny and hazy. very warm.
high: 29C (85F)
THURSDAY: still very warm, with hazy sunshine and a few clouds.
high: 29C (85F)
FRIDAY: partly cloudy and hazy. stagnant.
high: 29C (84F)
