Saturday's stats:
Low temp: 63.5F (17.5C)
High temp: 80.0F (26.7C)
Rainfall: trace
Although we've had at least a trace of rainfall on six of the first ten days of this month, the June total thus far of 1.18" (3.0cm) is actually running slightly behind the normal pace. Today has been the third 'trace' rainfall day of the month, as thundershowers this afternoon in the mountains to our north-northeast threatened, but never delivered right here in the immediate McLeod area. Otherwise it was a day of mixed sun and clouds, with temps warming up higher than we've seen since Tuesday.
We should see a general warming trend during the next five days or so, but it's not going to be a totally stable weather pattern... not at all. Although some warming will be occurring aloft, which usually stabilizes the atmosphere, there will also be considerable warming in the surface layers. And right now, it looks like the surface warming in the lower levels may outpace that warming higher up, and that could keep us in line for at least isolated shower/thunder development mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. There's been a lot of back-and-forth between great summer sunshine, gloomy cloudiness, and passing thundershowers the last six days -- and I think that general scenario is going to continue.
Monsoon conditions continue to develop and slowly drift northward across the southern half of India. Check the progress of this year's monsoon here.
Low temp: 63.5F (17.5C)
High temp: 80.0F (26.7C)
Rainfall: trace
Although we've had at least a trace of rainfall on six of the first ten days of this month, the June total thus far of 1.18" (3.0cm) is actually running slightly behind the normal pace. Today has been the third 'trace' rainfall day of the month, as thundershowers this afternoon in the mountains to our north-northeast threatened, but never delivered right here in the immediate McLeod area. Otherwise it was a day of mixed sun and clouds, with temps warming up higher than we've seen since Tuesday.
We should see a general warming trend during the next five days or so, but it's not going to be a totally stable weather pattern... not at all. Although some warming will be occurring aloft, which usually stabilizes the atmosphere, there will also be considerable warming in the surface layers. And right now, it looks like the surface warming in the lower levels may outpace that warming higher up, and that could keep us in line for at least isolated shower/thunder development mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. There's been a lot of back-and-forth between great summer sunshine, gloomy cloudiness, and passing thundershowers the last six days -- and I think that general scenario is going to continue.
Monsoon conditions continue to develop and slowly drift northward across the southern half of India. Check the progress of this year's monsoon here.
