We have a combination of clouds and hazy sunshine on this Saturday evening. It has been a few degrees cooler today, but still squarely in the summertime category, with a high temp of 81.3F (27.4C) at my location in the upper part of town. Although we had occasional thunder and some brief light showers between about 5:00am and noon, I barely measured 0.01"/less than 1mm of rain. Maybe there were a few spots around the area that picked up something a little more substantial.
According to satellite images, our latest upper-level disturbance is centered over the northwest corner of Kashmir this evening, and weakening as it drifts to the east-northeast. The reason for our instability of the past 18 hours or so is cold air aloft in association with this system -- and this slightly unstable situation will persist into Sunday, keeping the mention of a passing shower or thunderstorm in the forecast. I'm still not expecting any significant amounts of rain, but keep in mind the continuing risk of something popping up.
It looks like a general ridge of high pressure will dominate our weather pattern once again starting on Monday. We should see a fairly stable air mass in place, allowing plenty of hazy sunshine, along with temperatures bouncing back within very close striking distance of 90F/32C by the middle of the week. Unless something really unexpected happens, we should be able to chalk up May 2012 as drier and warmer than average...
According to satellite images, our latest upper-level disturbance is centered over the northwest corner of Kashmir this evening, and weakening as it drifts to the east-northeast. The reason for our instability of the past 18 hours or so is cold air aloft in association with this system -- and this slightly unstable situation will persist into Sunday, keeping the mention of a passing shower or thunderstorm in the forecast. I'm still not expecting any significant amounts of rain, but keep in mind the continuing risk of something popping up.
It looks like a general ridge of high pressure will dominate our weather pattern once again starting on Monday. We should see a fairly stable air mass in place, allowing plenty of hazy sunshine, along with temperatures bouncing back within very close striking distance of 90F/32C by the middle of the week. Unless something really unexpected happens, we should be able to chalk up May 2012 as drier and warmer than average...
SATURDAY NIGHT:
partly cloudy. risk of a thundershower developing.
low: 21C (69F)
SUNDAY:
both sunshine and occasional clouds. a passing thundershower possible.
high: 29C (84F)
SUNDAY NIGHT:
an isolated evening thundershower? otherwise becoming mostly clear.
low: 21C (70F)
MONDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy and warmer. some PM mountain thunder?
high: 31C (87F)
TUESDAY:
very warm, with hazy sunshine and a few clouds.
morning low: 22C (72F)
daytime high: 32C (89F)
WEDNESDAY:
very warm with hazy sun.
morning low: 23C (73F)
daytime high: 32C (90F)
THURSDAY:
a mix of hazy and a few clouds. summery warmth continues.
morning low: 23C (74F)
daytime high: 32C (90F)
