Wednesday, April 23, 2014

truly warm... (am.23.apr.14)>

Another bright and sunny morning is taking shape, with clear skies just before the sun peeks over the Dhauladhars.  My overnight low here in the upper part of town has been 58.3F (14.6C), and there has been no rain since last report.  Humidity this morning is 38%.

Current satellite pics show almost totally clear skies from Pakistan through northwest India, thanks to a dry and stable west-northwest flow in the upper-levels of the atmosphere.  There is expected to be a bit of cooling aloft by this afternoon and evening however, and with further warming occurring at the surface, computer models are hinting at a bit of instability over the mountains later today.  That means that our sunshine will probably again give way to some PM cloud development, with the possibility of an isolated shower up-mountain from us.  Still, it's hard to complain about this pattern.

Tomorrow is looking fantastic, with plenty of sunshine and temperatures continuing their upward trend.  A slightly better chance of some scattered showers or thundershowers remains in the forecast for late Friday through Saturday as a weak upper-level disturbance swings by to our north -- but right now it appears that most of the action would happen in the mountains to our north and east.  Our temperatures will continue to rise, perhaps even going ABOVE normal in a few days... imagine that!

CURRENT FORECAST details are available on the tab at the top of the page.