The sun is just now rising above the Dhauladhars on yet another beautiful morning. Skies are totally clear, with a low humidity reading of 34%. I'm recording an overnight low temperature of 65.8F (18.8C), which occurred within the last hour, and there has been no rainfall since last report.
Our weather the past few days has been nothing short of stupendous for the end of April, with tons of sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures. The stationary ridge of high pressure parked over northwest India is to thank for all of this -- and it looks like we'll be warming even a bit more during the next couple of days. We do have some subtle changes on the way as we move into May, however. This very warm air in the surface layers of the atmosphere isn't going anywhere, but there is going to be some slight cooling beginning to occur in the upper-levels. That cooling aloft may be enough to trigger more significant cloud development over the mountains during the afternoon hours, and as we head into the weekend, a better and better chance of some PM thundershower development as well. Right now it appears that the most significant thundershower action would remain higher in the mountains to our north and east -- but it's something we're going to have to watch.
Unless we do end up getting some substantial shower activity by the weekend, temperatures are going to be running a bit above normal for the beginning of May, with no sign of any kind of long-term cool-down.
CURRENT FORECAST details are available on the tab above.
Our weather the past few days has been nothing short of stupendous for the end of April, with tons of sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures. The stationary ridge of high pressure parked over northwest India is to thank for all of this -- and it looks like we'll be warming even a bit more during the next couple of days. We do have some subtle changes on the way as we move into May, however. This very warm air in the surface layers of the atmosphere isn't going anywhere, but there is going to be some slight cooling beginning to occur in the upper-levels. That cooling aloft may be enough to trigger more significant cloud development over the mountains during the afternoon hours, and as we head into the weekend, a better and better chance of some PM thundershower development as well. Right now it appears that the most significant thundershower action would remain higher in the mountains to our north and east -- but it's something we're going to have to watch.
Unless we do end up getting some substantial shower activity by the weekend, temperatures are going to be running a bit above normal for the beginning of May, with no sign of any kind of long-term cool-down.
CURRENT FORECAST details are available on the tab above.
