5:55p... thunderstorms have been rapidly developing to our south and southwest during the past hour or so, and appear to be moving to the northeast. i am hearing thunder at 5:55pm. we could have rain, thunder and lightning moving into mcleod ganj this evening. more info to come...
6:20p... thunder and lightning every 5 minutes or so. just now getting a few sprinkles up here on tushita road.
6:30p... i have fog, strong wind gusts, light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning... and a few very small hail stones. (and power which keeps going on and off..!)
6:50p... the upper-level storm system we've been following for the last 3 days or so is now centered just to the west of srinagar (probably about over gulmarg, if you're familiar with kashmir). it's simply an area of low pressure which circulates counter-clockwise (or anti-clockwise), and has been kind of like a "pin wheel", with alternating pulses of disturbed, convective (rising) air, and then drier, more stable air. the convective pulses are what have been responsible for our thick clouds, showers, thunder, etc... with some nice periods of quiet and dry weather in between. this system is now dying a slow death over kashmir... but will continue to influence our weather through tomorrow evening. maybe that's TMI (too much information), but i can't help myself sometimes...
7:30pm...
* today's high temp was 59.4F (15.2C)... which i think is the highest temp of 2012. somebody correct me if i'm wrong. it occurred during the last blast of sunshine late this afternoon.
* rainfall today up here on tushita road below the mountaineering center was just 0.05" (1mm).
* total rainfall since this latest weather system moved in on sunday evening has been 0.92" (2.3cm).
6:20p... thunder and lightning every 5 minutes or so. just now getting a few sprinkles up here on tushita road.
6:30p... i have fog, strong wind gusts, light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning... and a few very small hail stones. (and power which keeps going on and off..!)
6:50p... the upper-level storm system we've been following for the last 3 days or so is now centered just to the west of srinagar (probably about over gulmarg, if you're familiar with kashmir). it's simply an area of low pressure which circulates counter-clockwise (or anti-clockwise), and has been kind of like a "pin wheel", with alternating pulses of disturbed, convective (rising) air, and then drier, more stable air. the convective pulses are what have been responsible for our thick clouds, showers, thunder, etc... with some nice periods of quiet and dry weather in between. this system is now dying a slow death over kashmir... but will continue to influence our weather through tomorrow evening. maybe that's TMI (too much information), but i can't help myself sometimes...
7:30pm...
* today's high temp was 59.4F (15.2C)... which i think is the highest temp of 2012. somebody correct me if i'm wrong. it occurred during the last blast of sunshine late this afternoon.
* rainfall today up here on tushita road below the mountaineering center was just 0.05" (1mm).
* total rainfall since this latest weather system moved in on sunday evening has been 0.92" (2.3cm).
