Thursday, November 22, 2012

cool and unsettled... (pm.22.nov.12)>

Thursday's stats:

Early morning low temp: 50.5F (10.3C)
Afternoon high temp: 60.4F (15.8C)
Rainfall: none

Happy Thanksgiving to our American audience...  I hope you had/are having/will have (depending on your time zone!) a fantastic day.

We managed more sunshine today than yesterday, despite the occasional waves of high clouds drifting through, and that allowed my high temp on Tushita Road in the upper part of town to breach the 60F mark for perhaps the last time in a while.

Our overall weather pattern remains rather complex and active, as we roll with a series of upper-level disturbances which will continue to affect northern India between tonight and late Saturday.  Each of these little disturbances is pulling a fresh batch of cooler air southward in its wake, and it looks like we're going to get a blast of some significantly cooler temps as we head into the weekend.  Temperatures are likely to fall to their lowest of the season, and a couple of degrees below normal for late November.

I remain unimpressed with rain chances, but some moisture in the mid-levels of the atmosphere could be converted into a few random sprinkles or light showers as dynamic energy passes overhead on Friday and Saturday.  With colder air arriving, be aware of the risk of some light accumulations of snow above roughly 9,000-10,000ft, should any showers develop.  The most significant snowfall of the season (up in the mountains) happened way back during the early morning hours of October 24th -- so we're overdue to see another respectable dose of  "white" up there...

THURSDAY NIGHT:
 partly cloudy skies.  a couple of sprinkles or a light shower late?
low: 9C (48F)

FRIDAY:
a mix of sun and clouds.  risk of a random shower or two somewhere around the area.  cooler.
high: 14C (58F)

FRIDAY NIGHT:
partly to mostly cloudy.  still that risk of a stray shower or two.
low: 8C (47F)

SATURDAY:
partly cloudy -- mostly cloudy at times.  very chilly, with a chance of a few sprinkles or a light rain shower.
high: 14C (57F)

SUNDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy.  below normal temps!
morning low: 8C (46F)
daytime high: 14C (57F)

MONDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds.  still chilly.
morning low: 8C (47F)
daytime high: 14C (58F)

TUESDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy skies.
morning low: 9C (48F)
daytime high: 15C (59F)