Friday's stats:
Low temp: 33.3ºF (0.7ºC)
High temp: 40.9ºF (4.9ºC)
Melted precipitation: 0.32" (8mm)
Snow accumulation: 2.5" (6.4cm)
Today has been the coldest of this winter season, in spite of the fact that we had a couple of nice periods of sunshine during the middle of the day. Of course the most memorable event was the two to three hours of light to moderate snow during the morning hours. At my place in the upper part of town, the vast majority of that snowfall occurred between about 7:10 and 10:30am... and it was absolutely gorgeous to see. In and around McLeod Ganj proper, amounts were in the range of 1.5 to about 3 inches... but I've heard reports of 6-7" in Dharamkot, and close to a foot near Galu Temple.
It's been six days now that we've been under the influence of this sprawling low pressure system dominating the weather all across the western Himalayan region. But we are finally on the back-end of this thing, with improving weather in the forecast over the weekend into the first part of the coming week. There will still be a mix of clouds and sun, but the rain/snow shower potential will be diminishing... as temperatures struggle upward, slowly and gradually.
Further ahead, the weather pattern looks like it will continue to be active, however, with another storm system threatening by either very late Wednesday or Thursday... and then another right around the time of Tibetan Losar, toward the end of the first week of February.
Low temp: 33.3ºF (0.7ºC)
High temp: 40.9ºF (4.9ºC)
Melted precipitation: 0.32" (8mm)
Snow accumulation: 2.5" (6.4cm)
Today has been the coldest of this winter season, in spite of the fact that we had a couple of nice periods of sunshine during the middle of the day. Of course the most memorable event was the two to three hours of light to moderate snow during the morning hours. At my place in the upper part of town, the vast majority of that snowfall occurred between about 7:10 and 10:30am... and it was absolutely gorgeous to see. In and around McLeod Ganj proper, amounts were in the range of 1.5 to about 3 inches... but I've heard reports of 6-7" in Dharamkot, and close to a foot near Galu Temple.
It's been six days now that we've been under the influence of this sprawling low pressure system dominating the weather all across the western Himalayan region. But we are finally on the back-end of this thing, with improving weather in the forecast over the weekend into the first part of the coming week. There will still be a mix of clouds and sun, but the rain/snow shower potential will be diminishing... as temperatures struggle upward, slowly and gradually.
Further ahead, the weather pattern looks like it will continue to be active, however, with another storm system threatening by either very late Wednesday or Thursday... and then another right around the time of Tibetan Losar, toward the end of the first week of February.
