Saturday's stats:
Early morning low temp: 43.3F (6.3C)
Afternoon high temp: 52.3F (11.3C)
Rainfall: trace
There are some patches of clouds hanging to the mountains just after sunset this evening, with some areas of haze and light fog further downhill. But actually, we ended up with quite a lot of sunshine today -- after about 10:30am. A chilly breeze stirring up this cold air mass kept our daytime temps at the lowest of the past two weeks, despite the sun; while rainfall has been confined to just a few sprinkles during the pre-dawn hours.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a storm system die as fast and decisively as this one has during the past 18 hours or so. Believe it or not, there is still a rather strong circulation in the mid- and upper-atmosphere just west of the Pak/Kashmir border, but there has been so much dry air drawn into it that clouds quickly dissipated across most of northern India by noon today. Of all the computer model output leading up to this storm system, that calling for ZERO rainfall ended up being the most accurate.
Looking ahead, we should be in for a pretty quiet and uneventful week, with just a couple of minor disturbances drifting through. The main task will be to keep track of occasional cloudiness, along with the potential for winter fog development mainly downhill from McLeod. Temperatures should be only slightly milder than normal as we enter the new year...
Early morning low temp: 43.3F (6.3C)
Afternoon high temp: 52.3F (11.3C)
Rainfall: trace
There are some patches of clouds hanging to the mountains just after sunset this evening, with some areas of haze and light fog further downhill. But actually, we ended up with quite a lot of sunshine today -- after about 10:30am. A chilly breeze stirring up this cold air mass kept our daytime temps at the lowest of the past two weeks, despite the sun; while rainfall has been confined to just a few sprinkles during the pre-dawn hours.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a storm system die as fast and decisively as this one has during the past 18 hours or so. Believe it or not, there is still a rather strong circulation in the mid- and upper-atmosphere just west of the Pak/Kashmir border, but there has been so much dry air drawn into it that clouds quickly dissipated across most of northern India by noon today. Of all the computer model output leading up to this storm system, that calling for ZERO rainfall ended up being the most accurate.
Looking ahead, we should be in for a pretty quiet and uneventful week, with just a couple of minor disturbances drifting through. The main task will be to keep track of occasional cloudiness, along with the potential for winter fog development mainly downhill from McLeod. Temperatures should be only slightly milder than normal as we enter the new year...
SATURDAY NIGHT:
evening clouds and haze giving way to mostly clear skies.
low: 6C (42F)
SUNDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy.
high: 12C (53F)
SUNDAY NIGHT:
mostly clear.
low: 6C (43F)
MONDAY:
a mix of sun and occasional clouds.
high: 12C (54F)
NEW YEAR'S DAY 2013:
both clouds and some sun.
morning low: 7C (45F)
daytime high: 12C (54F)
WEDNESDAY:
sunshine and a few clouds. somewhat cooler.
morning low: 6C (42F)
daytime high: 11C (52F)
THURSDAY:
partly cloudy and seasonably cool.
morning low: 6C (42F)
daytime high: 11C (52F)
