Meteorologists have called stagnant pressure conditions with inflated temperatures “stagflation” for as long as I can remember, which is not that long. Anyway, that’s what we have before us, pretty much the same old thing, day after day, except for some really nice Cirrus patterns in the sky to go with those 100-110 F temperatures… Continue reading Stagflation
Category: Altostratus clouds
‘Manda rain
BTT you read this, rain oughta be falling or near by as the remnants of ‘Manda hurricane dribble into Arizona today. Looks like there’s just enough rain upstream right now (4 AM) to produce, hold your breath, a MEASURABLE amount here in Catalina! Likely will be just a few hundredths, though, as much as two… Continue reading ‘Manda rain
As close as it got
Like you, my heart started pounding when that bank of thick clouds on the horizon got close enough to see that there was a rainshaft to the ground with a minor Cumulonimbus on top of it (ignoring the fact that you could’ve been hanging out by the radar all day). Today, the heart of the… Continue reading As close as it got
After the rain, the oven
First, pretty nice sunset yesterday evening, which is redundant because sunset always occurs in the evening. OK, enough great information on clouds and things we can see from Catalina/Sutherland Heights, now for the rain ahead…. Rainshowers, some thunderstorms wrap around this low that drifts from over San Diego to over Puerto Peñasco,… Continue reading After the rain, the oven
April showers and why
From your Pima County ALERT gauges, these 24 h totals ending at 3 AM this morning (covers the whole storm): Gauge 24 Name Location ID# minutes hours —- —- —- —- —- —- —————– ——————— Catalina Area 1010 0.04 Golder Ranch Horseshoe Bend Road… Continue reading April showers and why
Late morning cold slam
Its not a breakfast at a restaurant chain, but a sharp cold front passage later this morning, say between 10 AM and Noon. Should be pretty interesting. Temperature will drop about 10 F in an hour. Expecting/hoping, too, for a little measurable rain with this “FROPA” (frontal passage in weatherspeak). The brisk winds, as… Continue reading Late morning cold slam
Sprinkles in area overnight!
Some sprinkles/radar echoes passed overhead early this morning. Will check, as you will, for drop images in dust on solid outdoor surfaces to possibly report a trace due to drops that reached the ground. Going out now with flashlight, to heck with that coyote over there. Result: looks like there were a few isolated, larger… Continue reading Sprinkles in area overnight!
The cloud streets of Oro Valley
The weather way ahead after the upcoming heat wave I have been staring at this weather Rorschach test for a few hours now, and there’s not much to say about it, except that there seems to be two eyeballs near the North Pole, and maybe one of the yellow lines forming a jaw down… Continue reading The cloud streets of Oro Valley
Dull Altostratus-ee day yesterday, but big Pac storm continues to move toward Catalina!
That thick (likely more than 3 km, or more than 10,000 feet) and steady gray sky diet of Altostratus opacus clouds didn’t provide a lot of visual highlights most of yesterday, in contrast to the many Altocumulus flocculations of the day before. An example of yesterday’s sky for most of the day: Virga hung down… Continue reading Dull Altostratus-ee day yesterday, but big Pac storm continues to move toward Catalina!
Rain to fall in Catalina, March 1st and/or 2nd!
Very happy to post this breaking future news here on February 24th. Close rain call on the 27th, too, as the first of two significant troughs with their low pressure centers march into California, bringing a drought break there of some consequence. Likely an inch or two in the coastal areas south of SFO… Continue reading Rain to fall in Catalina, March 1st and/or 2nd!