Friday's stats:
Low temp: 55.4F (13.0C)
High temp: 71.7F (22.1C)
Rainfall since 7am: 0.22" (5mm)
24 hour rainfall: 0.44" (1.1cm)
There are some light to moderate rain showers in the area this evening, with occasional thunder as well. Clouds and showers have definitely won the day, with only a couple of fleeting glimpses of sunshine early this morning. We've even had some very strong and gusty winds on occasion this afternoon, blowing things that aren't securely fastened down all over the place. It's turned out to be a more turbulent day even than what was expected.
The variety of meteorological factors we've been talking about have converged nearly right on top of us today, keeping lots of shower and thundershower development occurring along a line from eastcentral Pakistan through the northern half of Himachal Pradesh. The west-to-east upper-level winds have channeled the development along the same general line since late this morning. The data is looking a bit different this evening for the rest of the weekend into early next week, however, which means that we may have already seen the worst of this bout of wet weather. There are indications that by late tonight and tomorrow the rain/thunder activity will be much more widely scattered, and even hit-and-miss at times. We'll have to keep an eye on this during the upcoming data runs tomorrow.
Despite the instability, we should soon see a gradual temperature moderation from the surface into the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere occurring. This will eventually translate into a more settled pattern, along with a fairly dramatic rise in temperatures as we head into the middle of next week.
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Low temp: 55.4F (13.0C)
High temp: 71.7F (22.1C)
Rainfall since 7am: 0.22" (5mm)
24 hour rainfall: 0.44" (1.1cm)
There are some light to moderate rain showers in the area this evening, with occasional thunder as well. Clouds and showers have definitely won the day, with only a couple of fleeting glimpses of sunshine early this morning. We've even had some very strong and gusty winds on occasion this afternoon, blowing things that aren't securely fastened down all over the place. It's turned out to be a more turbulent day even than what was expected.
The variety of meteorological factors we've been talking about have converged nearly right on top of us today, keeping lots of shower and thundershower development occurring along a line from eastcentral Pakistan through the northern half of Himachal Pradesh. The west-to-east upper-level winds have channeled the development along the same general line since late this morning. The data is looking a bit different this evening for the rest of the weekend into early next week, however, which means that we may have already seen the worst of this bout of wet weather. There are indications that by late tonight and tomorrow the rain/thunder activity will be much more widely scattered, and even hit-and-miss at times. We'll have to keep an eye on this during the upcoming data runs tomorrow.
Despite the instability, we should soon see a gradual temperature moderation from the surface into the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere occurring. This will eventually translate into a more settled pattern, along with a fairly dramatic rise in temperatures as we head into the middle of next week.
Check the CURRENT FORECAST details on the tab above.
