Friday, March 21, 2014

changeable... (am.21.mar.14)>

We have scattered high cloudiness across the area at sunrise this morning, with comfortably mild temperatures.  I've recorded an overnight low of 52.2F (11.2C), but it is up to 56.0F (13.3C) at the moment.  Humidity is a low 33%, and there has been no rainfall since last report.

Although there are no really major storm systems on the weather charts during the coming several days, we are going to be entering an extended period of unsettled conditions.  An upper-level low pressure circulation will develop just to the east of the Caspian Sea in the next 24 hours or so, and computer models show it remaining nearly stationary all the way through next week.  This is going to put us under the influence of a west-southwesterly flow that will be full of weak disturbances -- each capable of stirring up scattered showers and thundershowers across Himalayan north India.  In between, we'll see a lot of back and forth between sunshine and clouds.  If we do get a period of longer lasting, heavier rainfall, it looks like it would occur sometime between Sunday night and Tuesday.  Just be prepared for lots of variability in our weather conditions -- effective immediately.

We do have a relatively mild air mass in place, so as long as we can get several hours of sunshine here and there, temperatures are going to be fairly pleasant, though still below normal for the season.  Of course periods of showers and/or thunderstorms will bring in temporarily cooler air, which shouldn't stick around for long.

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