It's a clear and bright Monday morning, with a humidity reading of 40%. There was no rainfall overnight, and I'm recording a pre-sunrise low temperature of 61.2F (16.2C).
The month of May is running out of time to produce some truly summertime weather, but it looks like it could finally deliver before all is said and done. Yesterday I recorded 80F at my location in the upper part of town for the first time since the 2nd of May, and only the fourth time this entire season. But we've barely begun to feel the effects of a gigantic ridge of high pressure which is anchored over the Arabian Peninsula into southern Iran at the moment, and will be building into westcentral and northwest India as we head toward the latter half of the week. This is going to allow our temperatures to surge upward dramatically -- making it feel truly HOT as we close out the month.
There is still some concern about mainly afternoon thundershower development, especially today and tomorrow (Tues), thanks to a west-northwesterly upper-level flow that contains a few weak disturbances. We'll have to keep an eye on cloud development toward the noon hour, and be prepared for that PM shower/thunder potential in the midst of otherwise fine conditions.
CURRENT FORECAST specifics can be found on the tab at the top of the page.
The month of May is running out of time to produce some truly summertime weather, but it looks like it could finally deliver before all is said and done. Yesterday I recorded 80F at my location in the upper part of town for the first time since the 2nd of May, and only the fourth time this entire season. But we've barely begun to feel the effects of a gigantic ridge of high pressure which is anchored over the Arabian Peninsula into southern Iran at the moment, and will be building into westcentral and northwest India as we head toward the latter half of the week. This is going to allow our temperatures to surge upward dramatically -- making it feel truly HOT as we close out the month.
There is still some concern about mainly afternoon thundershower development, especially today and tomorrow (Tues), thanks to a west-northwesterly upper-level flow that contains a few weak disturbances. We'll have to keep an eye on cloud development toward the noon hour, and be prepared for that PM shower/thunder potential in the midst of otherwise fine conditions.
CURRENT FORECAST specifics can be found on the tab at the top of the page.
