This January has been totally dry thus far, but it has also featured some of the mildest/warmest temps for the month that I've recorded since I started this blog nearly eight years ago. We've had a couple of brief spells of cooler temperatures, but for the most part we've been able to bask in balmy weather that is more like mid-late November than January.
Yet another warmer air mass is now pressing into north India, in the form of a moderate ridge of high pressure in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere. It is rare that I record a 60ºF/16ºC temp at my location in the upper part of McLeod Ganj during the very middle of the winter season, but that distinct possibility exists over the coming weekend. Those mild temps should be accompanied by wall-to-wall sunshine as well.
However -- a more unstable pattern is now showing up on computer model depictions starting late Tuesday, along with a turn to cooler temps and at least a slight chance of some precipitation.
Yet another warmer air mass is now pressing into north India, in the form of a moderate ridge of high pressure in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere. It is rare that I record a 60ºF/16ºC temp at my location in the upper part of McLeod Ganj during the very middle of the winter season, but that distinct possibility exists over the coming weekend. Those mild temps should be accompanied by wall-to-wall sunshine as well.
However -- a more unstable pattern is now showing up on computer model depictions starting late Tuesday, along with a turn to cooler temps and at least a slight chance of some precipitation.
