It's cloudy at sunrise this morning, though I'm not seeing any fog at the moment -- at least not from this vantage point. The current temp is near 65ºF/18ºC, but I'm recording an overnight low of 61.0F (16.1C). I've got an additional 0.04" (1mm) of rain in my gauge this morning, but I'm not sure whether to attribute that to last evening or sometime during the overnight hours. At any rate, our 24 hour rainfall total is 0.45" (1.1cm). Here on the last day of June, my total for the month stands at 8.83" (22.4cm) -- and that's just slightly above normal/average.
Once monsoon conditions start to settle in, there's really not that much new to discuss. There are the usual ebbs and flows, surges and retreats of deeper tropical moisture up against the mountain slopes that tend to come in cycles lasting four to five days or so. And though there are days here and there without measurable rainfall, there are usually periods of rain and thunder at some point almost every 24-hour period. And of course, we also get to enjoy some vigorous monsoon conditions from time to time, when it might rain continously for a couple of days.
The rest of this week should feature at least one or two periods of rain each 24-hour period, with a predominance of clouds, along with occasional episodes of fog. We may have some kind of break in the action over the weekend, but then the next, stronger surge of monsoon ingredients is being hinted at by the computer models for next week. It's hard to escape for long, once we get into July and August.
I'm heading out of town and country shortly... this first half of 2015 has vanished very quickly!! Although I won't be able to post regularly, I'll try to keep some kind of rainfall tally updatedMONSOON 2015: RAINFALL TALLY (tab above)>, thanks to reports from a local wxgeek deputy. Also, there are thousands of posts archived on the right column of this page if you want to read about daily weather conditions during years past -- and of course average rainfall/temperature information on tabs at the top of the page. I'm planning to be back in about a month...
Once monsoon conditions start to settle in, there's really not that much new to discuss. There are the usual ebbs and flows, surges and retreats of deeper tropical moisture up against the mountain slopes that tend to come in cycles lasting four to five days or so. And though there are days here and there without measurable rainfall, there are usually periods of rain and thunder at some point almost every 24-hour period. And of course, we also get to enjoy some vigorous monsoon conditions from time to time, when it might rain continously for a couple of days.
The rest of this week should feature at least one or two periods of rain each 24-hour period, with a predominance of clouds, along with occasional episodes of fog. We may have some kind of break in the action over the weekend, but then the next, stronger surge of monsoon ingredients is being hinted at by the computer models for next week. It's hard to escape for long, once we get into July and August.
I'm heading out of town and country shortly... this first half of 2015 has vanished very quickly!! Although I won't be able to post regularly, I'll try to keep some kind of rainfall tally updated
