Other than a couple of very thin patches of cirrus clouds, our sky is clear just before sunset this evening. It has been a fantastic Sunday... full of sunshine and pleasant late winter temps. I recorded a high of 59.5F (15.3C) in the upper part of town this afternoon.
Today goes down in the books as the nicest day of 2012, I'm sure... and I even had my first sighting of a Western tourist in a t-shirt and shorts wandering around in the main market right around 5:00pm. That may be pushing it a little, but at least it's a sign of the season to come.
Satellite pics are showing another upper-level disturbance moving across Afghanistan, but this one is fairly weak, and at this point, it appears that most of its energy will be diverted just north of us as it passes by tomorrow and Tuesday. We'll see an increase in mainly high clouds tonight and tomorrow, leading to a slight chance of a passing shower or two... but I'll be surprised if there's much more action than that. The rest of the week is looking pretty quiet, as we transition into March.
Temperatures will be highly dependent on cloud cover... but our airmass should remain warm enough to allow even a few periods of sunshine to translate into a mild, pseudo-springtime feel.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Fair, with increasing high clouds after midnight.
low: 9C (49F)
MONDAY: A mix of sunshine and mainly high clouds. Slight chance of a PM shower.
high: 16C (60F)
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy, to mostly cloudy at times. Slight chance of one or two brief showers.
morning low: 10C (50F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)
WEDNESDAY: Partly to mostly sunny skies.
morning low: 9C (49F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)
THURSDAY: Sunshine and a few clouds... a nice start to MARCH.
morning low: 9C (49F)
daytime high: 16C (61F)
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and clouds, with comfortable temps.
morning low: 10C (50F)
daytime high: 17C (62F)
Today goes down in the books as the nicest day of 2012, I'm sure... and I even had my first sighting of a Western tourist in a t-shirt and shorts wandering around in the main market right around 5:00pm. That may be pushing it a little, but at least it's a sign of the season to come.
Satellite pics are showing another upper-level disturbance moving across Afghanistan, but this one is fairly weak, and at this point, it appears that most of its energy will be diverted just north of us as it passes by tomorrow and Tuesday. We'll see an increase in mainly high clouds tonight and tomorrow, leading to a slight chance of a passing shower or two... but I'll be surprised if there's much more action than that. The rest of the week is looking pretty quiet, as we transition into March.
Temperatures will be highly dependent on cloud cover... but our airmass should remain warm enough to allow even a few periods of sunshine to translate into a mild, pseudo-springtime feel.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Fair, with increasing high clouds after midnight.
low: 9C (49F)
MONDAY: A mix of sunshine and mainly high clouds. Slight chance of a PM shower.
high: 16C (60F)
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy, to mostly cloudy at times. Slight chance of one or two brief showers.
morning low: 10C (50F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)
WEDNESDAY: Partly to mostly sunny skies.
morning low: 9C (49F)
daytime high: 16C (60F)
THURSDAY: Sunshine and a few clouds... a nice start to MARCH.
morning low: 9C (49F)
daytime high: 16C (61F)
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and clouds, with comfortable temps.
morning low: 10C (50F)
daytime high: 17C (62F)
