Wednesday's stats:
Low temp: 62.4F (16.9C)
High temp: 78.1F (25.6C)
Rainfall: none
There are just a few cloud fragments hanging around, otherwise it's mostly sunny across the area this evening. We've come up with a fantastic day -- the cloud development over the mountains this afternoon was rather tame, leaving us with lots of sunshine. Surprisingly, temperatures didn't really gain much ground, remaining on the pleasant side considering the fact that it's the tail end of May.
It was quite a relief to see by noon that the instability today was not going to get out of hand, as it did yesterday. That prevented anything other than just a couple of very random isolated showers from developing across the mountains of Himachal -- none of them anywhere near us. Some decisive warming is kicking in in the middle and upper-levels of the atmosphere, and that's done a good job of erasing the lingering cold pockets aloft that contribute to afternoon instability. It appears that this air mass will remain more stable and settled for the next 36-48 hours or so -- as our temperatures begin to surge to their warmest levels of this season and year. I'm doubting we'll hit 90F/32C, but it could get pretty close to that by Friday or Saturday.
Computer models are introducing new shower and thunderstorm development by Friday evening, which could be scattered around the area through the weekend. Even so, it looks like summertime temps will stay with us for the most part.
CURRENT FORECAST details are available on the tab at the top of the page.
Low temp: 62.4F (16.9C)
High temp: 78.1F (25.6C)
Rainfall: none
There are just a few cloud fragments hanging around, otherwise it's mostly sunny across the area this evening. We've come up with a fantastic day -- the cloud development over the mountains this afternoon was rather tame, leaving us with lots of sunshine. Surprisingly, temperatures didn't really gain much ground, remaining on the pleasant side considering the fact that it's the tail end of May.
It was quite a relief to see by noon that the instability today was not going to get out of hand, as it did yesterday. That prevented anything other than just a couple of very random isolated showers from developing across the mountains of Himachal -- none of them anywhere near us. Some decisive warming is kicking in in the middle and upper-levels of the atmosphere, and that's done a good job of erasing the lingering cold pockets aloft that contribute to afternoon instability. It appears that this air mass will remain more stable and settled for the next 36-48 hours or so -- as our temperatures begin to surge to their warmest levels of this season and year. I'm doubting we'll hit 90F/32C, but it could get pretty close to that by Friday or Saturday.
Computer models are introducing new shower and thunderstorm development by Friday evening, which could be scattered around the area through the weekend. Even so, it looks like summertime temps will stay with us for the most part.
CURRENT FORECAST details are available on the tab at the top of the page.
