Saturday, June 20, 2015

seasonal shifts... (am.20.jun.15)>

It's mostly cloudy at the moment, with a temp of 67.5F (19.7C) and a humidity reading of 50%.  Our overnight hours were very active, with thundershowers developing right on top of us last evening around 8:30-8:45pm, then continuing off and on until just the last couple of hours.  My rain gauge shows 1.11" (2.8cm) in total -- and the thermometer indicates that our low temp was 59.2F (15.1C) in the midst of that rainfall.

The summer solstice is nearly upon us, and so are the first signs of the approaching monsoon season.  The ridge of high pressure that protected us from thundershower development for a few days started to break down late yesterday, as a strong push of moisture-laden air approaches from the south and southeast.  The whole dynamic and thermodynamic nature of our atmosphere is already undergoing a shift, which will be more and more obvious during this coming week.  As I mentioned last evening, there will probably not be monsoon declarations from the India Met Department for our area this week, but we're definitely going to be getting our first taste of monsoon conditions, with some periods of moderate to heavy rain likely -- all the way through Thursday at least.  In between periods of rain and thunder, there will also be some periods of sunshine, so all is not lost.

Our humidity levels are only moderate at this point, but we could be dealing with some periods of 80-100% humidity in just a few days, which could mean our first episodes of fog as well.  As far as temperatures are concerned... a few hours of sunshine will warm us up significantly, but with increasing amounts of clouds, rain and potentially some fog, the next 5-6 days will average out cooler than it's been this past week.

THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK and AWAITING MONSOON 2015 can be found on tabs above.