Thursday's stats:
Low temp: 62.8F (17.1C)
High temp: 70.9F (21.6C)
Rainfall: 2.37" (6.0cm) -- as of 4:00pm
It's a pleasant evening... with partly cloudy skies and some nice views of the Dhauladhars (at least for the moment). Today has featured a lot of variability, with some short but much-appreciated peeks of sunshine this morning, in the midst of waves of clouds and fog, with rain showers developing during the noon hour. Those showers were mainly light, initially, but we ended up getting a huge downpour that was most concentrated and heavy between 2 and 3pm. The rain gradually fizzled out shortly after 4pm, but it was definitely a significant dumping to cap off the month of July.
There have been some appearances of sun for a few minutes here and there the last couple of days, but we've also had some very healthy downpours of rain with thunder during the afternoon hours. That's the trade-off we get this time of year. Everyone gets excited to see the sunshine, but all it does, really, is just get the surface layers of the atmosphere boiling and churning, with that warming air rising and condensing into thick clouds and moderate to heavy showers. There's just too much moisture in the atmosphere to escape that phenomenon during the very heart of the monsoon season.
It looks to me like we'll see more of the same as we head into the weekend. Although computer models are showing a bit of a retreat of the deepest tropical moisture, the mugginess and instability provided by sunny breaks will keep us dodging downpours -- most likely on a daily basis. No major changes are foreseen as we head though the first full week of August...
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Low temp: 62.8F (17.1C)
High temp: 70.9F (21.6C)
Rainfall: 2.37" (6.0cm) -- as of 4:00pm
It's a pleasant evening... with partly cloudy skies and some nice views of the Dhauladhars (at least for the moment). Today has featured a lot of variability, with some short but much-appreciated peeks of sunshine this morning, in the midst of waves of clouds and fog, with rain showers developing during the noon hour. Those showers were mainly light, initially, but we ended up getting a huge downpour that was most concentrated and heavy between 2 and 3pm. The rain gradually fizzled out shortly after 4pm, but it was definitely a significant dumping to cap off the month of July.
There have been some appearances of sun for a few minutes here and there the last couple of days, but we've also had some very healthy downpours of rain with thunder during the afternoon hours. That's the trade-off we get this time of year. Everyone gets excited to see the sunshine, but all it does, really, is just get the surface layers of the atmosphere boiling and churning, with that warming air rising and condensing into thick clouds and moderate to heavy showers. There's just too much moisture in the atmosphere to escape that phenomenon during the very heart of the monsoon season.
It looks to me like we'll see more of the same as we head into the weekend. Although computer models are showing a bit of a retreat of the deepest tropical moisture, the mugginess and instability provided by sunny breaks will keep us dodging downpours -- most likely on a daily basis. No major changes are foreseen as we head though the first full week of August...
Check tabs above for CURRENT FORECAST details and other information.
