What a night... I have 3.10" (7.9cm) in my rain gauge this morning, from the downpours which began just before 9:00pm, and lasted until between 3:00 and 4:00am. Rain was very heavy at times, obviously, which has given us the largest total for a single period of rain this monsoon season. That very large total will be split between the 23rd and the 24th however, since it occurred on either side of midnight. Early this morning, we have partly to mostly cloudy skies along with very little fog at the moment. I recorded an overnight low temp of 68.0F (20.0C).
Our night of very heavy rain has released most of the pent-up thermodynamic energy in the atmosphere, so it is possible (but not a certainty) that the rest of today will be rather quiet. There is still plenty of moisture throughout all levels of the atmosphere though, so with the sun working on heating things up from above, we'll see if the instability can build to the breaking point again. There don't appear to be any major changes to our overall weather scenario as the week goes on, and even into the weekend -- so expect these much more typical/classic monsoon conditions to continue, hopefully with a few sunny breaks here and there.
A nearly saturated air mass during the coming days will easily yield rainfall amounts of 1-2" (2.5-5cm) or more during a relatively short period of time. So -- even if things look calm and quiet, always be prepared for the sky to open up and unleash a torrent at any time of the day or night!
Our night of very heavy rain has released most of the pent-up thermodynamic energy in the atmosphere, so it is possible (but not a certainty) that the rest of today will be rather quiet. There is still plenty of moisture throughout all levels of the atmosphere though, so with the sun working on heating things up from above, we'll see if the instability can build to the breaking point again. There don't appear to be any major changes to our overall weather scenario as the week goes on, and even into the weekend -- so expect these much more typical/classic monsoon conditions to continue, hopefully with a few sunny breaks here and there.
A nearly saturated air mass during the coming days will easily yield rainfall amounts of 1-2" (2.5-5cm) or more during a relatively short period of time. So -- even if things look calm and quiet, always be prepared for the sky to open up and unleash a torrent at any time of the day or night!
TUESDAY:
clouds and a few peeks of sun. occasional fog, with a good chance of more shower/thundershower development.
high: 23C (73F)
TUESDAY NIGHT:
mostly cloudy and foggy at times. a round of rain and thunder likely.
low: 19C (67F)
WEDNESDAY:
mostly cloudy and foggy at times. a period or two of rain and thunder likely.
high: 22C (72F)
THURSDAY:
a mix of clouds, fog and some sun. more showers and thundershowers likely.
morning low: 19C (67F)
daytime high: 23C (73F)
FRIDAY:
both clouds and some sun at times. a period or two of fog and thundershowers.
morning low: 19C (66F)
daytime high: 23C (74F)
SATURDAY:
mostly cloudy skies. occasional fog, rain and some thunder.
morning low: 19C (66F)
daytime high: 22C (72F)
