Monday, August 26, 2013

morning sunshine... (am.26.aug.13)>

The sun has just peeked over the Dhauladhars, which is very nice to see on a Monday morning.  There is heavy dew this morning, so despite the sunshine, the humidity remains near 100% for now.  I recorded a low temp of 65.1F (18.4C), and no additional rainfall overnight.  I did hear some thunder during the very early morning hours, so perhaps there was some measurable rain at a few places further downhill.

Despite the fact that we didn't see very much sun (except for a couple of hours on Saturday morning), rainfall over the weekend was very light.  There were several generally brief periods of light showers between Saturday afternoon  and last evening, but at my place on Tushita Road, they amounted to only 0.40" (1.0cm) for the two days combined.

According to the computer model data, today should be the driest day of the coming week... not only in terms of rainfall, but in terms of average humidity as well.  Sunshine will do battle with the clouds and fog again, but if it can hang around for a few hours, we'll be enjoying some of the warmest temperatures of the last several weeks.  We could still see some scattered rain showers with thunder in the area, but it looks like the better chances of more widespread and heavier rainfall will hold off until the middle and latter parts of the week.  

CURRENT FORECAST details and other info can be found on the tabs above.