Wednesday, April 16, 2014

relatively minor issues... (am.16.apr.14)>

*Update @ 2:02pm... There have been a few sprinkles and spotty showers popping up since shortly after 11am, and we've just had a little rain shower between about 1:30 and 2pm.  Just barely a measurement in my rain gauge.  The temp plummeted to 52.2F (11.2C) during that shower, though, from about 64F (17.8C) at 9:30am.  Temps the rest of today will continue to fluctuate with clouds, sun, and potential showers.

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The sun is shining dimly through a layer of thin high clouds early this morning, and it's quite mild and pleasant.  My overnight low temp here in the upper part of town was 58.8F (14.9C), and there has been no rainfall.  The humidity reading this morning remains low -- at 32%.

There's not much new to say about our weather situation for the remainder of this week that hasn't already been said.  A west-northwest flow in the upper-atmosphere is full of weak ripples and circulations that will be riding across northern India.  The only adjustment to that will be a slightly stronger disturbance moving in by mid-day Friday which will turn that upper-level flow more to the southwest.  This April atmosphere is not a very moist one, though there are indications that we could see a batch of deeper moisture trying to push in on Friday into Saturday.

Anyway, all of this spells a stretch of unsettled conditions through Saturday, with alternating periods of clouds and sun, along with the nearly constant risk of a spell of rain showers or possibly a thundershower at some point.  If I had to nail it down, I'd say that the best chance of picking up a period or two of significant rainfall would occur between mid-day Friday and Saturday afternoon.  Easter Sunday is looking nice, at the moment.

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