After 41 days without even one drop of precipitation, the last few hours have been a slap in the face -- and also a very welcome relief. A deep upper-level low pressure circulation moved into northwestern Rajasthan early this morning, and will cross into western Nepal by tomorrow (Wed) morning. There were a few very light sprinkles of rain in McLeod which started shortly after 2:00pm, but then around 3:45pm, we started to get some steady light rain, with a few brief periods of moderate showers mixed in. As of now (8:00pm) it is still raining lightly at my location in the upper part of town. Temperature profiles would indicate the rain/snow line to be somewhere around 2200m or thereabouts.
Sunshine up until just before 10:00am boosted my high temp to 54.5ºF/12.5ºC, but then temperatures plummeted during the late morning and throughout the afternoon and evening -- all the way down to around 37ºF/3ºC right around 7:00pm. It has definitely been the most active and interesting day, weather-wise, since our big rain/snow event back on the 11th-13th of December.
This system is a fast-mover, and will depart to the east overnight, taking nearly all of the precipitation with it. I think there's a good chance we could see a return to sunshine by mid-day tomorrow, though our temps will remain colder than we've seen recently -- all the way into the weekend.
Sunshine up until just before 10:00am boosted my high temp to 54.5ºF/12.5ºC, but then temperatures plummeted during the late morning and throughout the afternoon and evening -- all the way down to around 37ºF/3ºC right around 7:00pm. It has definitely been the most active and interesting day, weather-wise, since our big rain/snow event back on the 11th-13th of December.
This system is a fast-mover, and will depart to the east overnight, taking nearly all of the precipitation with it. I think there's a good chance we could see a return to sunshine by mid-day tomorrow, though our temps will remain colder than we've seen recently -- all the way into the weekend.
