Thursday's stats:
Low temp: 65.3F (18.5C)
High temp: 69.6F (20.9C)
Rainfall since midnight: 2.02" (5.1cm)
24-hour rainfall: 2.42" (6.1cm)
Skies are cloudy as sunset approaches this evening, with patchy fog in the area. It's been a pretty dismal day, with no sunshine at all and some periods of very thick fog at times. Steady moderate rain overnight finally started to taper off during the mid-morning, though we did have periods of light rain and drizzle off and on throughout the day.
One of the major characteristics of the monsoon season which I've failed to mention recently is the propensity for huge disparities in rainfall amounts across relatively short distances. We had a case of that yesterday afternoon, as I am learning about very heavy rain amounting to 2-3" (5-7.5cm) just downhill from us, mainly from the Library and Delek Hospital on down to Dharamsala and over to Norbulingka. All the while, we were only getting barely measurable light rain here in McLeod Ganj. Of course there are plenty of instances when the situation is reversed -- we get a very heavy downpour up here in McLeod while points further downhill miss out. The moral of the story is this: Just because it's not raining at your specific location doesn't mean that a neighbor nearby isn't getting hit.
I'm still keeping an eye on a push of relatively drier air coming in from the west early next week, which could provide us with a drop in daily average humidity levels, temporarily. This could decrease our fog potential and maybe allow a bit more sun for at least a couple of days before deeper moisture oozes back in from the southeast. We'll watch...
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Low temp: 65.3F (18.5C)
High temp: 69.6F (20.9C)
Rainfall since midnight: 2.02" (5.1cm)
24-hour rainfall: 2.42" (6.1cm)
Skies are cloudy as sunset approaches this evening, with patchy fog in the area. It's been a pretty dismal day, with no sunshine at all and some periods of very thick fog at times. Steady moderate rain overnight finally started to taper off during the mid-morning, though we did have periods of light rain and drizzle off and on throughout the day.
One of the major characteristics of the monsoon season which I've failed to mention recently is the propensity for huge disparities in rainfall amounts across relatively short distances. We had a case of that yesterday afternoon, as I am learning about very heavy rain amounting to 2-3" (5-7.5cm) just downhill from us, mainly from the Library and Delek Hospital on down to Dharamsala and over to Norbulingka. All the while, we were only getting barely measurable light rain here in McLeod Ganj. Of course there are plenty of instances when the situation is reversed -- we get a very heavy downpour up here in McLeod while points further downhill miss out. The moral of the story is this: Just because it's not raining at your specific location doesn't mean that a neighbor nearby isn't getting hit.
I'm still keeping an eye on a push of relatively drier air coming in from the west early next week, which could provide us with a drop in daily average humidity levels, temporarily. This could decrease our fog potential and maybe allow a bit more sun for at least a couple of days before deeper moisture oozes back in from the southeast. We'll watch...
Check tabs above for lots of other info.
