That’s about all we can muster in Catalina these days it seems, just a trace of rain. Several drops came down out of stratiform debris clouds overhead around 7 PM. If you weren’t outside, or driving, you would never have noticed. I guess you could call those dull icy clouds with virga streaks hanging down… Continue reading Tracey
Category: Altocumulus clouds
An extraordinary June 16th
Not only did Tucson set a daily record for rain on June 16th with 0.29 inches, breaking the old record of 0.20 inches that fell in 1918 (!), but here in Catalina, the 0.11 inches was the first measurable rain on June 16th in the 35-year combined record maintained at Our Garden, and then here for the… Continue reading An extraordinary June 16th
More nice clouds
Another nice day of high heat and high, patterned clouds. at times. Here are a few shots of the latter, beginning with another flaming sunrise shot. The U of AZ time lapse movie for yesterday is really informative. The clouds shown in the second shot go by just after 6 AM, soon after the movie… Continue reading More nice clouds
Spectacular cloud day yesterday
Probably most people didn’t notice much yesterday, but at times, especially in the mid-afternoon it was spectacular up there due to delicate little patterns within Cirrus and Cirrocumulus clouds. Some examples below. The Tucson rawinsonde sounding indicated that these initially liquid droplet clouds (Cirrocumulus and Altocumulus) were at 26,000 feet (at the 330 millibar level) above… Continue reading Spectacular cloud day yesterday
More flaming Cirrus; Dark Ages of climate science upon us?
More flaming cirrus this morning, perhaps reminding us of the ascension of the temperature later this morning. In some photographic razzle dazzle, two photos have BOTH clouds and THE MOON! The IR sat image loop makes it appear that we may have these kinds of clouds for at least a couple of days. Below, I… Continue reading More flaming Cirrus; Dark Ages of climate science upon us?
Cooler now, but windy, ovenly conditions just ahead
Here is the temperature change from yesterday morning at this time to today at this time, courtesy of The Weather Channel and due to that dry cool front that went through yesterday. Its about 8 degrees cooler this morning here in Catalina compared to yesterday at this same time. Nice. But, its back to above… Continue reading Cooler now, but windy, ovenly conditions just ahead
Spinning on down from Glasgow to Rocky Point, a low
This is pretty interesting; don’t see this happen too often where a lobe of low breaks off and spins from Montana, back toward the south-southwest to pretty much over Rocky Point, MX, as you will see in this past 48 h water vapor loop. In a water vapor loop, you pretty much see all that the… Continue reading Spinning on down from Glasgow to Rocky Point, a low
Clouds of yore, well, those on Thursday, April 26th
Kind of got distracted with chores after the big trip to NC and didn’t get to this until today… If you can remember as far back as April 26th, we had a “FROPA” (“frontal passage” in weatherspeak) that day. The U of A weather model indicated beforehand that the bases of the clouds… Continue reading Clouds of yore, well, those on Thursday, April 26th
“Back in the (cloud) saddle again”
Who can forget those profound words of Aerosmith and Steve Tyler, “I’m BACK in the saddle again”? Just the way he says, “I’m BACK…” is really something. Well, if you can’t remember anything anymore, here’s a reminder. Wasn’t that great “rockumentary” movie by Rob Reiner, “Spinal Tap” about these guys? BTW, pilots on VFR flew… Continue reading “Back in the (cloud) saddle again”
Castellanus anyone?
Lots of nice Cirrus clouds yesterday, but no Altocumulus castellanus later in the day yesterday as it was asserted there would be. Only a flake or two of Altocumulus “uncastellanus”, (flat-as-you-can-get lenticular) clouds off in the distance (see bottom of page). BTW, I obsess over being right. I thought you’d want to know that about… Continue reading Castellanus anyone?