Wednesday's stats:
Low temp: 36.1ºF (2.3ºC)
High temp: 45.2ºF (7.3ºC)
Precipitation: 0.09" (2mm) -- updated: rain/sleet showers during late evening
Snowfall reports/estimates (Mon-Tue):
McLeod Ganj market: 2"
Mountaineering center: 4-6"
Dharamkot: 10-18"
Upper Bhagsu: 12-18"
Galu Temple: 2 ft.
Magic View: 2.5 ft.
Triund: 3.5-4 ft.
This morning there was a good amount of hazy sunshine for a few hours, but clouds increased rapidly toward mid-day, with some thunder and snow showers in the mountains above us this afternoon. I noticed a few sprinkles of light rain around 3:30pm, but that was the only precipitation here at my location for the day. Temperatures were milder than expected, due to that AM sunshine, but still at least a couple of degrees colder than normal for late January.
What's left of our upper-level storm system continues to sit and spin right along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, just about due west of Srinagar. As I mentioned last night, most of the deeper/richer moisture has been pushed well east of us, but whatever lingering moisture remains is still being lifted and condensed into cloudiness and random rain/snow showers, and that dynamic is going to stay with us through late Friday or very early Saturday. Also, this very cold air mass is going to hang around into the middle of the weekend before it finally starts to retreat and be replaced with something a bit milder.
Monday and Tuesday are looking bright and pleasant for the mid-winter season, but then yet another developing storm system will threaten us during the latter half of next week.
Low temp: 36.1ºF (2.3ºC)
High temp: 45.2ºF (7.3ºC)
Precipitation: 0.09" (2mm) -- updated: rain/sleet showers during late evening
Snowfall reports/estimates (Mon-Tue):
McLeod Ganj market: 2"
Mountaineering center: 4-6"
Dharamkot: 10-18"
Upper Bhagsu: 12-18"
Galu Temple: 2 ft.
Magic View: 2.5 ft.
Triund: 3.5-4 ft.
This morning there was a good amount of hazy sunshine for a few hours, but clouds increased rapidly toward mid-day, with some thunder and snow showers in the mountains above us this afternoon. I noticed a few sprinkles of light rain around 3:30pm, but that was the only precipitation here at my location for the day. Temperatures were milder than expected, due to that AM sunshine, but still at least a couple of degrees colder than normal for late January.
What's left of our upper-level storm system continues to sit and spin right along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, just about due west of Srinagar. As I mentioned last night, most of the deeper/richer moisture has been pushed well east of us, but whatever lingering moisture remains is still being lifted and condensed into cloudiness and random rain/snow showers, and that dynamic is going to stay with us through late Friday or very early Saturday. Also, this very cold air mass is going to hang around into the middle of the weekend before it finally starts to retreat and be replaced with something a bit milder.
Monday and Tuesday are looking bright and pleasant for the mid-winter season, but then yet another developing storm system will threaten us during the latter half of next week.
