Saturday's stats:
Low temp: 61.2F (16.2C) -- at 5:15pm, coolest temp of the month
High temp: 73.0F (22.8C)
Rainfall: 3.11" (7.9cm) -- updated at 8:00pm
A lot of thick, dark cloudiness dominates our evening sky, but most of the rain has ended... at least for now. The sunshine we were able to enjoy for a few hours this morning was deceptive, as it usually is during the middle of the monsoon season. All it did was heat up the lower layers of the atmosphere and trigger tons of evaporation which fed major rain/thunder development by the mid-afternoon. Up until about 3:00pm we only had a few sprinkles and brief light rain showers, but by 3:30pm it was raining heavily, and it didn't really taper off until nearly 5:30pm. The rainfall total (see stats above) is another very large one, which has been the case for the last several days in a row.
It's Indian Independence Day -- a holiday which is synonymous with "monsoon" across virtually all of the Indian subcontinent. That certainly is the case here along the front slopes of the Himalayan chains, as deep tropical moisture continues to ebb and flow, providing us with daily doses of moderate to heavy rainfall. The sunny breaks of late have been some consolation, but with all the moisture in the ground and in the air, it ends up exacerbating the situation and just creating more instability.
I have no major changes in the overall scenario to report to you -- this extremely wet period shows no signs of coming to a definitive end during the coming week or so. Enjoy the breaks in the action now and then, but it's best to stay prepared for sudden intense downpours which could occur anytime of the day or night.
On tabs above you will find THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK, along with the MONSOON 2015: RAINFALL TALLY page.
Low temp: 61.2F (16.2C) -- at 5:15pm, coolest temp of the month
High temp: 73.0F (22.8C)
Rainfall: 3.11" (7.9cm) -- updated at 8:00pm
A lot of thick, dark cloudiness dominates our evening sky, but most of the rain has ended... at least for now. The sunshine we were able to enjoy for a few hours this morning was deceptive, as it usually is during the middle of the monsoon season. All it did was heat up the lower layers of the atmosphere and trigger tons of evaporation which fed major rain/thunder development by the mid-afternoon. Up until about 3:00pm we only had a few sprinkles and brief light rain showers, but by 3:30pm it was raining heavily, and it didn't really taper off until nearly 5:30pm. The rainfall total (see stats above) is another very large one, which has been the case for the last several days in a row.
It's Indian Independence Day -- a holiday which is synonymous with "monsoon" across virtually all of the Indian subcontinent. That certainly is the case here along the front slopes of the Himalayan chains, as deep tropical moisture continues to ebb and flow, providing us with daily doses of moderate to heavy rainfall. The sunny breaks of late have been some consolation, but with all the moisture in the ground and in the air, it ends up exacerbating the situation and just creating more instability.
I have no major changes in the overall scenario to report to you -- this extremely wet period shows no signs of coming to a definitive end during the coming week or so. Enjoy the breaks in the action now and then, but it's best to stay prepared for sudden intense downpours which could occur anytime of the day or night.
On tabs above you will find THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK, along with the MONSOON 2015: RAINFALL TALLY page.
