It's mostly cloudy at sunset this evening, with some patchy fog in the area. We've had another dry (or nearly dry) day, with nothing more than perhaps a few sprinkles in the area. As per the recent routine, morning sun gave way to a considerable amount of cloudiness and some fog during the afternoon hours.
The month of August has been split right down the middle -- with an above normal amount of rain during the first half, and an absolutely paltry amount during the second half. These last two weeks we've finally received our portion of the weak monsoon that has been being talked about all over the media since June. Up until the 15th of this month we had been running slightly ahead of the normal pace, but that situation has obviously changed very dramatically.
But -- there is a major pattern shift getting underway across northern India, which is going to return our general atmospheric flow back to more of an east-southeasterly direction. This is going to begin channeling in much deeper and juicer tropical moisture just in time for the arrival of September. It's going to be very interesting to watch the changes during the Monday to Wednesday time frame during this coming week, as computer models are showing a much better chance of some significant rainfall returning to our area.
The month of August has been split right down the middle -- with an above normal amount of rain during the first half, and an absolutely paltry amount during the second half. These last two weeks we've finally received our portion of the weak monsoon that has been being talked about all over the media since June. Up until the 15th of this month we had been running slightly ahead of the normal pace, but that situation has obviously changed very dramatically.
But -- there is a major pattern shift getting underway across northern India, which is going to return our general atmospheric flow back to more of an east-southeasterly direction. This is going to begin channeling in much deeper and juicer tropical moisture just in time for the arrival of September. It's going to be very interesting to watch the changes during the Monday to Wednesday time frame during this coming week, as computer models are showing a much better chance of some significant rainfall returning to our area.
