Probably the coldest air of this early winter season has been in place recently, and as this cold air mass shifts eastward this weekend, it will bring much below normal mid-December temperatures to much of northcentral and northeast India.
The upper-level pattern is very progressive, however, which will allow a surge of warmer air to begin nudging into northwest India a bit earlier than previously expected. It looks like we'll be seeing a decent warming trend by Saturday, which should continue into the early part of next week.
There's still a major lack of moisture available, with no indication whatsoever of an end to our very dry weather scenario that we've been dealing with for many weeks now. Extended range computer models had been hinting at some kind of a storm system in the western Himalayas by 20-21 December, but now those prospects aren't looking impressive at all. Unless there are some seriously dramatic changes in the overall pattern, December is going to end up being a very dry month.........
The upper-level pattern is very progressive, however, which will allow a surge of warmer air to begin nudging into northwest India a bit earlier than previously expected. It looks like we'll be seeing a decent warming trend by Saturday, which should continue into the early part of next week.
There's still a major lack of moisture available, with no indication whatsoever of an end to our very dry weather scenario that we've been dealing with for many weeks now. Extended range computer models had been hinting at some kind of a storm system in the western Himalayas by 20-21 December, but now those prospects aren't looking impressive at all. Unless there are some seriously dramatic changes in the overall pattern, December is going to end up being a very dry month.........
