*Update @ 6:47pm... By the way, I am still receiving snowfall reports from the storm over the weekend. It seems that some totals I posted on Sunday evening were on the low side, according to subsequent reports. I've now heard of just over 1 ft at Galu Temple, and also "much more than 1.5 ft" at Triund. Intrepid campers had to dig out of their buried tents, apparently. Hard to confirm/verify these amounts, but wanted to let you know what I'm hearing. But at least we know that the snow has been melting rapidly during the past few days. **Just now ran into a reliable local friend/source who went up to Triund today -- he says total accumulation up there was close to 3 feet early Sunday morning before the melting began. Not hard to believe, based on the 2" of rain/melted snow we measured down here in McLeod.
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Tuesday's stats:
Low temp: 41.9F (5.5C)
High temp: 50.9F (10.5C)
Rainfall: none
Many people are heading to St. John's Church for the Christmas Eve candlelight service at the moment, and the weather couldn't really be more pleasant for the season. It is mostly clear just after sunset, as temperatures dip back into the 40s(F). There was a bit more cloudiness during the mid-day hours today than I had been anticipating, but it still balanced out mostly sunny as temps topped 50F (10C) for the second day in a row.
Despite the persistent weak disturbances in the upper-levels of the atmosphere lingering across the western Himalayan region, our weather should remain dry and quiet for Christmas, and then through the weekend at least. There will be enough instability on occasion to produce a few waves of mainly mid- and high clouds during the coming several days, but at this point, it appears that severely limited moisture will prevent the development of any shower action -- with the exception perhaps being the very highest elevations to our north.
We've definitely arrived at the time of year when even 'normal' temperatures are decisively chilly -- but at least there is no indication of any unseasonably cold kind of weather as we close out 2013.
On this sacred night, I wish all of you a joyful Christmas............
CURRENT FORECAST info can be accessed on the tab above.
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Tuesday's stats:
Low temp: 41.9F (5.5C)
High temp: 50.9F (10.5C)
Rainfall: none
Many people are heading to St. John's Church for the Christmas Eve candlelight service at the moment, and the weather couldn't really be more pleasant for the season. It is mostly clear just after sunset, as temperatures dip back into the 40s(F). There was a bit more cloudiness during the mid-day hours today than I had been anticipating, but it still balanced out mostly sunny as temps topped 50F (10C) for the second day in a row.
Despite the persistent weak disturbances in the upper-levels of the atmosphere lingering across the western Himalayan region, our weather should remain dry and quiet for Christmas, and then through the weekend at least. There will be enough instability on occasion to produce a few waves of mainly mid- and high clouds during the coming several days, but at this point, it appears that severely limited moisture will prevent the development of any shower action -- with the exception perhaps being the very highest elevations to our north.
We've definitely arrived at the time of year when even 'normal' temperatures are decisively chilly -- but at least there is no indication of any unseasonably cold kind of weather as we close out 2013.
On this sacred night, I wish all of you a joyful Christmas............
CURRENT FORECAST info can be accessed on the tab above.
