Saturday's stats:
Low temp: 64.4F (18.0C)
High temp: 68.9F (20.5C)
24-hour rainfall: 2.21" (5.6cm) -- as of 8:45pm
Moderate rainfall is happening at the moment, here at the very end of the first day of August. Clouds, fog and occasional rain have been the full story today, with only a few hours during the mid-afternoon into the early evening hours when we had somewhat of a respite. Nearly eleven inches (27.9cm) of rain has been registered in my rain gauge here in the upper part of town in the last four days. Now THAT'S what we would call a robust phase of the monsoon.
The data is not showing any kind of major shift in the general pattern during the coming few days. That doesn't mean we won't end up with a few hours of rainless weather here and there, but it is highly likely that we'll continue to see moderate to heavy rainfall totals each and every 24-hour period all the way into the middle of the week. I'm still seeing some kind of a weakening of this latest surge of very deep tropical moisture during the latter half of the coming week, but it remains to be seen whether it will turn out to be very noticeable or not.
Yes, we are in the thick of it, aren't we???
