Saturday's stats:
Early morning low temp: 52.9F (11.6C)
Mid-day high temp: 62.2F (16.8C) -- just after 11am
Rainfall: none
We have mostly clear skies shortly after sunset. It was bright and sunny all day, with only a few afternoon cumulus clouds over the mountains, and some high clouds scattered to the south at times. Today was the sixth day in a row with a high temp above 60F... but cooler air began filtering in during the afternoon, causing my thermometer in the upper part of town to dip to 55F by shortly after 4pm.
The disturbance aloft which moved across north India today was responsible for some clouds and a few rain/snow showers to our north in Kashmir and Ladakh, but all we got was that slight dip in temperatures. There are more weak upper-level disturbances expected to move generally west to east on a fast-moving jet stream, but severely limited moisture should keep us from experiencing anything more than some occasional cloudiness from time to time. However, there will be a steady influx of cooler air during the coming several days, so it looks pretty certain that we're going to be saying 'goodbye' to this streak of warmer-than-normal early December weather. Expect dramatically colder temps (dropping below normal) by Tuesday.
There is also a very interesting-looking storm system on the horizon for the latter half of the new week. A couple of computer model scenarios are hinting at a rather robust winter storm for the western Himalayan region. It's a little early in the season for something like this, but we'll have to keep a very close watch on how things evolve.
Early morning low temp: 52.9F (11.6C)
Mid-day high temp: 62.2F (16.8C) -- just after 11am
Rainfall: none
We have mostly clear skies shortly after sunset. It was bright and sunny all day, with only a few afternoon cumulus clouds over the mountains, and some high clouds scattered to the south at times. Today was the sixth day in a row with a high temp above 60F... but cooler air began filtering in during the afternoon, causing my thermometer in the upper part of town to dip to 55F by shortly after 4pm.
The disturbance aloft which moved across north India today was responsible for some clouds and a few rain/snow showers to our north in Kashmir and Ladakh, but all we got was that slight dip in temperatures. There are more weak upper-level disturbances expected to move generally west to east on a fast-moving jet stream, but severely limited moisture should keep us from experiencing anything more than some occasional cloudiness from time to time. However, there will be a steady influx of cooler air during the coming several days, so it looks pretty certain that we're going to be saying 'goodbye' to this streak of warmer-than-normal early December weather. Expect dramatically colder temps (dropping below normal) by Tuesday.
There is also a very interesting-looking storm system on the horizon for the latter half of the new week. A couple of computer model scenarios are hinting at a rather robust winter storm for the western Himalayan region. It's a little early in the season for something like this, but we'll have to keep a very close watch on how things evolve.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
mostly clear skies. cooler than recent nights.
low: 9C (49F)
SUNDAY:
sunshine... with a period or two of mainly high clouds possible. cooling trend.
high: 15C (59F)
SUNDAY NIGHT:
occasional high clouds. quite chilly.
low: 8C (46F)
MONDAY:
clouds with a few peeks of sunshine. considerably cooler.
high: 13C (55F)
TUESDAY:
temps dipping below normal, with both clouds and some sun. risk of a passing shower.
morning low: 7C (44F)
daytime high: 12C (54F)
WEDNESDAY:
partly to mostly cloudy. chance of a couple of rain showers. colder...
morning low: 6C (42F)
daytime high: 11C (52F)
THURSDAY:
mostly cloudy and cold. better chance of rain.
morning low: 4C (40F)
daytime high: 9C (49F)
