Thursday's stats:
Early morning low temp: 44.8F (7.1C)
Afternoon high temp: 56.3F (13.5C)
Rainfall: none
A gorgeous evening in progress... with 100% clear skies and comfortably cool temperatures. There was some haze and perhaps a bit of patchy fog down in the valleys today, but up here at 1800 meters, we had abundant sunshine and good visibility. The only challenge to the sun was just a few puny-looking cumulus clouds which tried to develop over the mountains this afternoon.
Our weather pattern looks like it will remain very quiet for another few days at least, as a weak ridge of high pressure dominates the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere. Rain and/or snowfall will be virtually impossible, thanks to a stable air mass sprawling across all of the western Himalayas and north India. As I mentioned yesterday, some patchy fog produced by periodic temperature inversions should remain generally downhill from us in some of the lower valleys and plains.
The winter solstice occurs at 4:42pm tomorrow (Friday). That is the exact moment that the direct rays of the sun reach their most southerly point of the entire year, yielding the shortest day/longest night for those of us here in the northern Hemisphere. In spite of what the calendar says, we should continue to enjoy temperatures running a few degrees above normal -- with only a slight cool down expected by Christmas.
Early morning low temp: 44.8F (7.1C)
Afternoon high temp: 56.3F (13.5C)
Rainfall: none
A gorgeous evening in progress... with 100% clear skies and comfortably cool temperatures. There was some haze and perhaps a bit of patchy fog down in the valleys today, but up here at 1800 meters, we had abundant sunshine and good visibility. The only challenge to the sun was just a few puny-looking cumulus clouds which tried to develop over the mountains this afternoon.
Our weather pattern looks like it will remain very quiet for another few days at least, as a weak ridge of high pressure dominates the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere. Rain and/or snowfall will be virtually impossible, thanks to a stable air mass sprawling across all of the western Himalayas and north India. As I mentioned yesterday, some patchy fog produced by periodic temperature inversions should remain generally downhill from us in some of the lower valleys and plains.
The winter solstice occurs at 4:42pm tomorrow (Friday). That is the exact moment that the direct rays of the sun reach their most southerly point of the entire year, yielding the shortest day/longest night for those of us here in the northern Hemisphere. In spite of what the calendar says, we should continue to enjoy temperatures running a few degrees above normal -- with only a slight cool down expected by Christmas.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
clear skies. seasonably cool.
low: 7C (45F)
FRIDAY (WINTER SOLSTICE):
lots of sunshine. comfortable winter temps.
high: 14C (57F)
FRIDAY NIGHT:
mostly clear.
low: 8C (46F)
SATURDAY:
mostly sunny and unseasonably mild.
high: 14C (58F)
SUNDAY:
sunny to partly cloudy with temps still warmer than normal.
morning low: 8C (47F)
daytime high: 14C (58F)
MONDAY:
partly cloudy. not quite as mild.
morning low: 8C (46F)
daytime high: 13C (55F)
CHRISTMAS DAY:
both sun and occasional clouds.
morning low: 7C (44F)
daytime high: 12C (54F)
