*Update @ 7:54pm... Scratch that. I just arrived home here on Tushita Road below the mountaineering center to find the ground generally dry, and nothing in the rain gauge! Another example of the randomness factor.
*Update @ 7:20pm... Well it appears that our chance for a day without measurable rainfall has been squashed. Heavier showers have just begun here in the middle of town. WIll check the rain gauge and update later this evening...
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Wednesday's stats:
Low temp: 63.0F (17.2C)
High temp: 71.6F (22.0C)
Rainfall: trace
We have thick fog here in the immediate McLeod Ganj area just before sunset this evening, and there have been some light sprinkles of rain within the past hour. Other periods of drizzle and random rain drops this afternoon and early evening have not been enough to register a measurement in the rain gauge -- and that's the first time that has happened since the 28th of June.! If we make it until midnight without measurable rainfall, it will be a noteworthy achievement. This morning's bright sunshine didn't hang around long, however, with the expected clouds and fog rapidly developing by 10:00am.
It kind of snuck up on us, but this is the longest reprieve we've been able to string together this entire monsoon season. Rainfall since Sunday has amounted to only 0.72" (1.8cm), allowing us to dry out a bit after the extremely heavy totals this month. We're at close to 32" (81cm) for August, and it will only take another 2-3" to reach the normal/average amount for the entire month.
It looks like the next surge of heavy rain-producing dynamics will be knocking on the door very shortly, with better and better chances of our rainfall tally rising significantly as we head into the weekend. The models are in disagreement, as they usually are, but suffice it to say that we could see the development of significant rainfall at any time... and especially by late tomorrow (Thu) night into Friday.
There still seems to be some kind of push of drier air from the west-northwest on the way early next week, but it doesn't seem like it will last more than a few days. Check out the latest forecast and other local weather info on tabs above.
*Update @ 7:20pm... Well it appears that our chance for a day without measurable rainfall has been squashed. Heavier showers have just begun here in the middle of town. WIll check the rain gauge and update later this evening...
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Wednesday's stats:
Low temp: 63.0F (17.2C)
High temp: 71.6F (22.0C)
Rainfall: trace
We have thick fog here in the immediate McLeod Ganj area just before sunset this evening, and there have been some light sprinkles of rain within the past hour. Other periods of drizzle and random rain drops this afternoon and early evening have not been enough to register a measurement in the rain gauge -- and that's the first time that has happened since the 28th of June.! If we make it until midnight without measurable rainfall, it will be a noteworthy achievement. This morning's bright sunshine didn't hang around long, however, with the expected clouds and fog rapidly developing by 10:00am.
It kind of snuck up on us, but this is the longest reprieve we've been able to string together this entire monsoon season. Rainfall since Sunday has amounted to only 0.72" (1.8cm), allowing us to dry out a bit after the extremely heavy totals this month. We're at close to 32" (81cm) for August, and it will only take another 2-3" to reach the normal/average amount for the entire month.
It looks like the next surge of heavy rain-producing dynamics will be knocking on the door very shortly, with better and better chances of our rainfall tally rising significantly as we head into the weekend. The models are in disagreement, as they usually are, but suffice it to say that we could see the development of significant rainfall at any time... and especially by late tomorrow (Thu) night into Friday.
There still seems to be some kind of push of drier air from the west-northwest on the way early next week, but it doesn't seem like it will last more than a few days. Check out the latest forecast and other local weather info on tabs above.
