Cutting to the chase: I don’t think so. Yesterday, after an ordinary beginning,, finished in a spectacular, if likely artificial way. Let us work our way through yesterday’s cloudulations: Later that morning….. But let’s go zooming up to flight level and take a closer look for a second: Now, where was I? Got mammatus… Continue reading Strange sunset brew of clouds and color; but was it natural?
Category: Altostratus clouds
November thunderama
Doesn’t happen every November, thunder, but it sure pounded away at times yesterday. Seemed louder than usual thunder a few times even with the lightning over there by the Tortolita Mountains. Of course, that’s where the heaviest rain fell as several T-storms tracked along a similar path over there just a little to the W… Continue reading November thunderama
More odd optics; a Cirrostratus halo with a suggestion of a lower tangent arc
4:32 PM. Mix of Altostratus and Altocumulus clouds, with just remnants of the lower Cu. Here it appears that a liquid layer of Altocumulus now resides at the bottom of the Altostratus, or may be embedded in it. The globular masses in the middle of this photo represent droplet clouds that appear to have merged… Continue reading More odd optics; a Cirrostratus halo with a suggestion of a lower tangent arc
Ice optics extravaganza; Cirrus uncinus fallstreifen going in different directions!
What a day, Mr. and Mrs. Catalina! Not as good as a rain day with lightning, but yesterday did have its moments in the sky, enough to make the astrologers on Mt. Lemmon jealous with displays of parhelia (“sun dogs”, or “mock suns”), faint haloes, a rare parhelic circle, something you don’t see but once… Continue reading Ice optics extravaganza; Cirrus uncinus fallstreifen going in different directions!
Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Altostratus day closes with a painting-like sunset (now updated even more!)
No rain in sight for Catalinans, to get that over with. However, if you’re bored and are thinking about a quickie storm chasing vacation with the family, monster storms, likely to produce newspaper headlines will be smashing the Pac NW in the next few days. Expect to read about flooding and hurricane to 100 mph… Continue reading Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Altostratus day closes with a painting-like sunset (now updated even more!)
Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Some rain fell about this time in Catalina. Not enough to darken the pavement completely at any time. The main thing to take away from that hour of very light rain is that it was not “drizzle” as even some errant meteorologists call such sprinkles. You will be permanently banned from attending any future meetings… Continue reading Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Surprise late April rain, thunder strike Catalina! Snow piling up on Ms. Lemmon!
Gasp these late April totals from the Pima County ALERT gauges, as of whenever you look, along side our Sutherland Heights total, as of 7 AM now, of 0.58 inches. This total is about the normal for the month of April here. Fantastic. Several nearby mountain and Catalina foothill totals are well over an inch… Continue reading Surprise late April rain, thunder strike Catalina! Snow piling up on Ms. Lemmon!
El Niño Risin’, “Cal Niño” persists; another comet passes over Tucson?
“I think a year ago I sent you the early alert that Eel Ninyo is coming!!! Well, I think I was about 1 year early … the real deal seems to be gearing up for a more major appearance this year … check it out: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml “My fingers are crossed for a much more typical… Continue reading El Niño Risin’, “Cal Niño” persists; another comet passes over Tucson?
The first of many cloud blobs in the days ahead, some rain-filled, passes over during the night
Here it is. You may need an optical enhancement tool to see the radar echo speck nearest Catalina, and its not the one nearest the arrowhead below, but continue in that direction: You can also check on all the rain that fell overnight in the region here, courtesy of Pima County ALERT rain gauges. BTW,… Continue reading The first of many cloud blobs in the days ahead, some rain-filled, passes over during the night
Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models
1While several inches of model2 rain has occurred in Catalina and in the nearby mountains this month, most of which cloud-maven person has festooned his blog with model panels of, there really hasn’t been any ACTUAL rain. But having said that, there is even MORE model rain ahead, some beginning tomorrow in these parts. Tomorrow’s… Continue reading Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models