A very pleasant evening underway, in contrast to the last two... with partly cloudy skies. There has been just a trace of rain at my place since this morning's report, thanks to a brief shower just before 11am. Despite the sunshine we've been able to enjoy since about 2:00pm, my high temp only made it to 69.1F (20.6C) -- it was probably a couple of degrees warmer than that in locations with full western exposure (which i don't have).
Thundershowers are already in full-swing both to our northwest and southeast this evening, but our corner of Himachal Pradesh has been catching a break thus far, other than some rumbles of thunder late this afternoon. If you have a view to the southeast, there is an excellent view of some beautiful springtime cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) clouds, most likely in the vicinity of Mandi as of 6:00pm.
This is the kind of weather that lulls us into thinking that the threat of rain and thunder has ended, but that is not the case at all. The upper-level flow contains yet another few disturbances which are scheduled to pass through our area between now and early next week. There will likely be some periods of major instability, producing more showers and thunderstorms. Of course, nice periods of sunshine can be expected as well -- just be on alert for a return to stormy skies at any time over the weekend.
Temperatures will continue to swing rather wildly as instability and showers advance and retreat. It does look fairly certain, however, that we'll be a few degrees below normal for the April-to-May transition...
Thundershowers are already in full-swing both to our northwest and southeast this evening, but our corner of Himachal Pradesh has been catching a break thus far, other than some rumbles of thunder late this afternoon. If you have a view to the southeast, there is an excellent view of some beautiful springtime cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) clouds, most likely in the vicinity of Mandi as of 6:00pm.
This is the kind of weather that lulls us into thinking that the threat of rain and thunder has ended, but that is not the case at all. The upper-level flow contains yet another few disturbances which are scheduled to pass through our area between now and early next week. There will likely be some periods of major instability, producing more showers and thunderstorms. Of course, nice periods of sunshine can be expected as well -- just be on alert for a return to stormy skies at any time over the weekend.
Temperatures will continue to swing rather wildly as instability and showers advance and retreat. It does look fairly certain, however, that we'll be a few degrees below normal for the April-to-May transition...
FRIDAY NIGHT:
partly cloudy. chance of a round of thundershowers developing overnight.
low: 14C (58F)
SATURDAY:
both clouds and sunshine. good chance of a couple of showers and thunderstorms around.
high: 23C (73F)
SATURDAY NIGHT:
partly to mostly cloudy with a good possibility of a round of showers and thunderstorms.
low: 13C (56F)
SUNDAY:
a mix of clouds and sun. a round or two of thunderstorms likely.
high: 21C (70F)
MONDAY:
periods of sun and clouds. risk of a thundershower, mainly during the PM.
morning low: 13C (55F)
daytime high: 21C (70F)
TUESDAY:
partly cloudy with a continuing chance of a thundershower or two.
morning low: 13C (55F)
daytime high: 22C (71F)
WEDNESDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy. temps still a bit below normal.
morning low: 14C (57F)
daytime high: 23C (73F)
