It's raining early this morning, as it has been doing nearly continuously since before 1:00pm yesterday afternoon. Otherwise, we have cloudy skies and some areas of fog drifting around the area. My rain gauge shows 0.73" (1.9cm) since about 8 o'clock last night, and that brings the total since yesterday at noon up to 1.54" (3.9cm)... which is really not all that much, considering the fact that the rain has barely stopped in the past 18 hours. Temperature-wise, I've got an overnight low of 64.4F (18.0C), while the humidity has been mainly in the 90-100% range all night.
Southeasterly winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere, combined with a more easterly flow toward the middle and upper levels are funneling massive amounts of tropical moisture along the front slopes of the mountain ranges of northern India, creating rather widespread rainfall. Some areas further downhill from us have not had very much rain this monsoon season so far, but they are starting to get their share now. There are very few changes to be seen in the overall weather pattern during the next several days, so at this point, it looks like there won't be much chance of this latest surge of monsoon conditions to retreat appreciably. There will likely be some breaks and 'reset' hours here and there, but even then, the humidity should remain high, with lots of cloudiness and fog around.
Although the persistent and consistent rains of the past 18 hours have been mainly in the light to moderate category, a bout of heavier rain could occur at any time through the rest of the week and the weekend as well -- so again be aware of the potential for some washed out roads and localized landslides.
CURRENT FORECAST details can be found on the tab above.
Southeasterly winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere, combined with a more easterly flow toward the middle and upper levels are funneling massive amounts of tropical moisture along the front slopes of the mountain ranges of northern India, creating rather widespread rainfall. Some areas further downhill from us have not had very much rain this monsoon season so far, but they are starting to get their share now. There are very few changes to be seen in the overall weather pattern during the next several days, so at this point, it looks like there won't be much chance of this latest surge of monsoon conditions to retreat appreciably. There will likely be some breaks and 'reset' hours here and there, but even then, the humidity should remain high, with lots of cloudiness and fog around.
Although the persistent and consistent rains of the past 18 hours have been mainly in the light to moderate category, a bout of heavier rain could occur at any time through the rest of the week and the weekend as well -- so again be aware of the potential for some washed out roads and localized landslides.
CURRENT FORECAST details can be found on the tab above.
