Sunday, April 29, 2012

ducking and dodging... (am.29.apr.12)>

It is partly cloudy at sunrise on this Sunday morning.  The overnight low temp was 54.9F (12.7C), which occurred around 9:30pm, in the midst of the showers -- but it's 57.0F (13.9C) at the time of this post.  Rainfall at my place was rather light... just 0.11" (3mm) last night... giving us a total of 0.18" (5mm) for all of Saturday.

We appear to have a little greater potential for some sunshine this morning than we had this time yesterday, which is a bit of good news.  But the rest of the overall picture continues to look rather bleak -- thanks to the continuing presence of an unstable atmosphere.  Another couple of additional upper-level disturbances will be tracking across the area between now and Tuesday, and that is going to keep us ripe for another few rounds of showers and thunderstorms.  As has been the case every day of the past week, we'll also see sunshine thrown into the mix... so just be prepared for more of these wild swings in conditions. Such is life on the edge of the mighty Himalaya.

Temperatures will remain several degrees below normal as we end the month... but we're likely to see a steady warm-up during the coming week.  I'm still seeing just a bit of improvement as far as the "instability" factor is concerned by Wednesday.  Although an isolated afternoon thundershower can't be ruled out, I think things are going to quiet down considerably...

SUNDAY:
both clouds and sun.  unseasonably cool, with a good chance of a couple of showers and thunderstorms in the area.
high: 21C (69F)

SUNDAY NIGHT:
partly to mostly cloudy.  lingering thundershowers, mainly before midnight.
low: 13C (55F)

MONDAY:
partly cloudy.  risk of another round of thundershowers, mainly in the PM.
high: 21C (70F)

TUESDAY (1st of MAY):
a mix of sun and clouds.  a couple of showers and thunderstorms possible.
morning low: 13C (56F)
daytime high: 22C (72F)

WEDNESDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy and a bit warmer.  an isolated PM thundershower?
morning low: 14C (58F)
daytime high: 23C (74F)

THURSDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds.  pleasantly warm.
morning low: 16C (60F)
daytime high: 24C (76F)