Thursday's stats:
Low temp: 65.7F (18.6C)
High temp: 70.7F (21.5C)
Rainfall: 1.16" (2.9cm) -- updated at 9:10pm
It's cloudy with some areas of fog this evening -- and light to moderate rain is falling at this moment. My rainfall total in the upper part of town was actually much lower today than it's been in the last ten days or so, but with the rain showers intensifying this evening, that could easily change. As anticipated, our sunshine supply was much more limited today than it has been recently. There were some areas of rain and thunder already pushing through very early this morning, and the clouds and occasional fog held sway for the vast majority of the day.
We're now in the very middle of the middle of the monsoon season, so it's not very realistic to expect anything other than some temporary breaks in the action. Deep and rich tropical moisture will ebb and flow up against the front slopes of the mountains over the course of the next 5-7 days, and that's going to keep things rather active for the most part. The irony is, when the mid- and upper-levels dry out enough to allow us to enjoy some sunshine, that solar energy only serves to warm things up, destabilize the air mass, and make use of all the latent moisture lying in wait in the lower-levels. The days with the most sunshine recently have also been the days with the heaviest rain during the PM hours. It's just hard to escape the wetness this time of year.
Some of the very extended range computer model data is showing some rather dramatic drying after about the 17th of the month -- but I'm not taking that very seriously...
Low temp: 65.7F (18.6C)
High temp: 70.7F (21.5C)
Rainfall: 1.16" (2.9cm) -- updated at 9:10pm
It's cloudy with some areas of fog this evening -- and light to moderate rain is falling at this moment. My rainfall total in the upper part of town was actually much lower today than it's been in the last ten days or so, but with the rain showers intensifying this evening, that could easily change. As anticipated, our sunshine supply was much more limited today than it has been recently. There were some areas of rain and thunder already pushing through very early this morning, and the clouds and occasional fog held sway for the vast majority of the day.
We're now in the very middle of the middle of the monsoon season, so it's not very realistic to expect anything other than some temporary breaks in the action. Deep and rich tropical moisture will ebb and flow up against the front slopes of the mountains over the course of the next 5-7 days, and that's going to keep things rather active for the most part. The irony is, when the mid- and upper-levels dry out enough to allow us to enjoy some sunshine, that solar energy only serves to warm things up, destabilize the air mass, and make use of all the latent moisture lying in wait in the lower-levels. The days with the most sunshine recently have also been the days with the heaviest rain during the PM hours. It's just hard to escape the wetness this time of year.
Some of the very extended range computer model data is showing some rather dramatic drying after about the 17th of the month -- but I'm not taking that very seriously...
