Apart from some thin streaks of high clouds, we have clear skies at sunrise this morning. There has been no precipitation overnight, and I'm recording a low temp of 41.0F (5.0C) here on Tushita Road just below the mountaineering center. Humidity is 44%.
Things have been looking a whole lot better since last evening, as our recent weather system weakened and moved eastward out of the picture. A rather lazy west-northwesterly flow in the upper-atmosphere is now developing, and should drive our general weather pattern for the next three or four days. Although it's an improvement over what we've been dealing with lately, there are still indications that we'll have some marginal instability developing as the sunshine heats up the lower layers of the atmosphere. This means that we'll have to keep our eye out for some isolated shower/thunder development over the mountains during the PM hours. It may not happen at all, but it's a good idea to be aware of the potential and not get caught by surprise.
As long as we can keep a good amount of sunshine around, temperatures will be on a gradual and steady climb as we head into the weekend. We're so far below early March averages that it is still going to be tough to get up to where we ought to be -- but it's possible that we'll have the warmest temps since early December by Saturday or Sunday.
There's a rather dynamic storm system showing up on the extended range computer model charts -- moving into northern India by late Sunday, and lasting through much of Tuesday. We don't really need any more rain after the very wet weather of the past month or so, but it looks like we may get hit again anyway.
Check the CURRENT FORECAST specifics on the tab above.
Things have been looking a whole lot better since last evening, as our recent weather system weakened and moved eastward out of the picture. A rather lazy west-northwesterly flow in the upper-atmosphere is now developing, and should drive our general weather pattern for the next three or four days. Although it's an improvement over what we've been dealing with lately, there are still indications that we'll have some marginal instability developing as the sunshine heats up the lower layers of the atmosphere. This means that we'll have to keep our eye out for some isolated shower/thunder development over the mountains during the PM hours. It may not happen at all, but it's a good idea to be aware of the potential and not get caught by surprise.
As long as we can keep a good amount of sunshine around, temperatures will be on a gradual and steady climb as we head into the weekend. We're so far below early March averages that it is still going to be tough to get up to where we ought to be -- but it's possible that we'll have the warmest temps since early December by Saturday or Sunday.
There's a rather dynamic storm system showing up on the extended range computer model charts -- moving into northern India by late Sunday, and lasting through much of Tuesday. We don't really need any more rain after the very wet weather of the past month or so, but it looks like we may get hit again anyway.
Check the CURRENT FORECAST specifics on the tab above.
