Tuesday, May 29, 2012

fans switch on... (am.29.may.12)>

It's sunny with some light haze early on this Tuesday morning.  My overnight low of 73.6F (23.1C) is the warmest low temp I have recorded this year.  I actually had my fan turned on last night for the first time since late May of 2010!

All of the weather charts have the distinct look of summer on them.  Features from the surface into the middle and upper-levels of the atmosphere are quite characteristic of this late May/early June period, which nearly always turns out to be the very peak of our warm season.  The only thing to be concerned about is the potential for very random pools of lingering colder air aloft to interact with the intense daytime heating at the surface -- leading to the development of a random thundershower somewhere over the mountains.  Other than that, hazy sunshine should be the dominant factor right into the end of the week.

Our high temp for the year thus far -- 89.4F (31.9C), which occurred last Friday -- is in serious jeopardy, especially between Wednesday and Friday.  My forecast high temps could end up being slightly conservative if this heatwave building on the northern plains of India really pans out...

TUESDAY:
warmer, with hazy sunshine and a few clouds.  isolated PM mountain thunder?
high: 31C (88F)

TUESDAY NIGHT:
mostly clear.  warm.
low: 24C (75F)

WEDNESDAY:
very warm, with hazy sun.
high: 32C (90F)

THURSDAY:
peak temps of the year?  hazy sunshine and HOT.
morning low: 24C (76F)
daytime high: 33C (91F)

FRIDAY (1ST OF JUNE):
a mix of sun, haze and a few clouds.  still very warm.
morning low: 24C (76F)
daytime high: 32C (90F)

SATURDAY:
partly cloudy.  still very warm, with a chance of a PM thunderstorm.
morning low: 24C (75F)
daytime high: 32C (89F)