There's not much difference in our weather conditions this evening from what they were very early this morning. Skies are mostly cloudy, humidity is close to 90%, and there is some patchy fog along with some moderate to heavy rain showers in the area. Although we've had drizzle and some light showers in the past several hours, the vast majority of today's rainfall occurred between 3:00am and about 10:00am. My rainfall for the day (as of 5:00pm) has been 2.06" (5.2cm) -- giving us a two-day total of 3.26" (8.3cm). Due to the very limited sunshine, temperatures barely moved today -- I recorded a high temp of 73.6F (23.1C), which is very typical for the monsoon season.
*Update @ 10:05pm... Total rainfall for the day is now up to 3.48" (8.8cm). Still some hefty thundershowers in the area.
*Update @ 7:52pm... I've received another 1.23" (3.1cm) of rain in the past two hours. That brings our daily total up to 3.29" (8.4cm), which is our highest one-day rainfall total of the season and the year.
Genuine monsoon moisture has now claimed the front Himalayan ranges from northeast India, through all of Nepal into Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and even the southwestern portions of Kashmir. Further south and southwest, a rather large pocket of drier air is tenaciously trying to hang on, which has prevented the dramatic surge of humidity and downpours of rain from reaching most of Punjab and a large part of Rajasthan.
We're looking at some seriously rainy weather here over the course of the next few days at least. There is really no chance for an appreciable drop in humidity until perhaps late Sunday or Monday, and periods of fog and heavy rainfall are likely to continue on and off. Based on our rain totals since yesterday morning, it now looks like we could see an additional 6-8" (15-20cm) of rain here by early Sunday. We may already be very deep into monsoon conditions before we get an onset declaration from the IMD -- or maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised :-)
*Update @ 10:05pm... Total rainfall for the day is now up to 3.48" (8.8cm). Still some hefty thundershowers in the area.
*Update @ 7:52pm... I've received another 1.23" (3.1cm) of rain in the past two hours. That brings our daily total up to 3.29" (8.4cm), which is our highest one-day rainfall total of the season and the year.
Genuine monsoon moisture has now claimed the front Himalayan ranges from northeast India, through all of Nepal into Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and even the southwestern portions of Kashmir. Further south and southwest, a rather large pocket of drier air is tenaciously trying to hang on, which has prevented the dramatic surge of humidity and downpours of rain from reaching most of Punjab and a large part of Rajasthan.
We're looking at some seriously rainy weather here over the course of the next few days at least. There is really no chance for an appreciable drop in humidity until perhaps late Sunday or Monday, and periods of fog and heavy rainfall are likely to continue on and off. Based on our rain totals since yesterday morning, it now looks like we could see an additional 6-8" (15-20cm) of rain here by early Sunday. We may already be very deep into monsoon conditions before we get an onset declaration from the IMD -- or maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised :-)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
mostly cloudy skies. periods of fog, rain and thunder likely.
low: 19C (67F)
THURSDAY:
mostly cloudy with occasional fog, rain and some thunder.
high: 23C (73F)
THURSDAY NIGHT:
cloudy and foggy, with more rain and thunder likely.
low: 19C (67F)
FRIDAY:
mostly cloudy and foggy with thundershowers with heavy rain.
high: 22C (72F)
SATURDAY:
more clouds, fog, and thunder with occasionally heavy rainfall.
morning low: 19C (67F)
daytime high: 22C (72F)
SUNDAY:
perhaps a period or two of sun?? otherwise mostly cloudy with occasional fog and thundershowers likely.
morning low: 20C (68F)
daytime high: 24C (75F)
MONDAY:
clouds and a few peeks of sunshine. good chance of occasional fog, and thundershowers.
morning low: 20C (68F)
daytime high: 24C (75F)
