Exactly four inches (10.2cm) of rain fell overnight -- much, much more than any of the computer model data was suggesting, and much more than I would have ever expected! It is still raining lightly at the moment, with cloudy skies and patchy fog. I'm recording an overnight low of 64.0F (17.8C).
We've had a huge amount of rain in the last two weeks -- on the order of 28-30" (71-76cm) -- and that's putting us in a vulnerable position for landslides and road washouts all around the area. You never know when or where they might happen, so just be very careful, take it slow, and be very observant if/when you are traveling in the midst of these oversaturated conditions.
Our 'mini-break' certainly was a small one. We're in the kind of full-on monsoon pattern that just doesn't make room for little pockets of slightly drier air to hang around for very long. A featureless mid- and upper-level pattern containing deep, rich tropical moisture will continue to dominate the atmosphere across Himachal Pradesh into the weekend. That means we can expect more periods of healthy rain each and every day, punctuated by some brief partial clearing if we're fortunate.
Check out the MONSOON 2015: RAINFALL TALLY on the tab at the top of the page -- and if you notice discrepancies between amounts there and amounts posted on morning and/or evening blog entires here on the main page, it's because I try to calculate midnight-to-midnight totals for the TALLY page.
We've had a huge amount of rain in the last two weeks -- on the order of 28-30" (71-76cm) -- and that's putting us in a vulnerable position for landslides and road washouts all around the area. You never know when or where they might happen, so just be very careful, take it slow, and be very observant if/when you are traveling in the midst of these oversaturated conditions.
Our 'mini-break' certainly was a small one. We're in the kind of full-on monsoon pattern that just doesn't make room for little pockets of slightly drier air to hang around for very long. A featureless mid- and upper-level pattern containing deep, rich tropical moisture will continue to dominate the atmosphere across Himachal Pradesh into the weekend. That means we can expect more periods of healthy rain each and every day, punctuated by some brief partial clearing if we're fortunate.
Check out the MONSOON 2015: RAINFALL TALLY on the tab at the top of the page -- and if you notice discrepancies between amounts there and amounts posted on morning and/or evening blog entires here on the main page, it's because I try to calculate midnight-to-midnight totals for the TALLY page.
