Friday, October 18, 2013

generally nice... (am.18.oct.13)>

There are some scattered mainly high clouds around the area early this morning, otherwise all is calm and quiet.  The temperature is near 59F (15C), with a humidity reading of 44%.  There was no rainfall overnight, none during the past 24 hours, and a total of 1.18" (3.0cm) in the past seven days.

An upper-level disturbance has been crossing Jammu & Kashmir during the past 24 hours, and will continue eastward today.  As it does, the flow of air in the middle and upper atmosphere will turn from the west-southwest to the northwest -- gradually ushering in the next phase of drier air for most of northwest India.  Even though the moisture content of our air mass continues to drop, keep in mind the risk of some afternoon instability which could be sufficient to bring about an increase in clouds, and perhaps an isolated/stray shower somewhere along the Dhauladhars.

Our temperatures remain a few degrees above normal for the middle of October, but there is evidence of a bit of cooling over the course of the coming several days.  Nothing dramatic, but maybe moving us a little more in the direction of 'normal'.  We're finally starting to taste the kind of weather that October in the Himalayas is famous for...

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