Sutherland Height residents rejoice and grouse over drought and road bustin’, super local, 3.36 inch “toad strangler”

“Frog strangler”,  folk expression from the South for extra heavy rains, btw,  which is what we had, except we have toads, not frogs. Here’s what I think happened to produce 3.36 inches on Sutherland Heights.  The winds were from the east at cloud levels.  Cumulus spawned off the Catalinas/Mt Lemmon area, but the wind shear… Continue reading Sutherland Height residents rejoice and grouse over drought and road bustin’, super local, 3.36 inch “toad strangler”

The CDO roars after our 1.42 inches of rain

A few more hundredths fell after 7 AM yesterday, boosting our storm total to a remarkable 1.42 inches, January now about twice our long-term average. Here’s what all that precip did to our beloved Cañada del Oro Wash: Yesterday’s clouds After a few more hundredths of rain, the skies broke open, and as we know… Continue reading The CDO roars after our 1.42 inches of rain

System vanquishes sun for three days! Produces 2.28 inches in The Heights!

While on the first day, January 29th, the sun was only blocked by mid-level clouds, the rainy ones on January 30th and 31st provided a rain amount to remember here in the Sutherland Heights (and elsewhere–numerous records broken),  2.28 inches recorded over 24 h ending at 7 AM for the past three days,  beginning with… Continue reading System vanquishes sun for three days! Produces 2.28 inches in The Heights!

A July day in the Western Ghats; replication ahead?

If you’ve ever been to Indian State of Kerala and the western Ghats, you know that yesterday, with the warmth, the thick, pounding rain with cloud bases at tree-top levels,  visibility a mile or two, and with little or no lightning, was a true sample of India in the summer, maybe a July day in… Continue reading A July day in the Western Ghats; replication ahead?

The Saddlebrooke mash down; 2.48 inches in under two hours! Flow in the CDO!

Still a chance, a small one for a shower today, before it dries out for a few days.  Mods pretty sure about rain on the Cats this afternoon, which is good.  Should be a very photogenic day, with nice shots of more isolated thunderblasters. With that out of the way…let us reprise yesterday, the good… Continue reading The Saddlebrooke mash down; 2.48 inches in under two hours! Flow in the CDO!

Is it India? Or is it Catalina?

Let’s have a contest, get the brain going. With dewpoints hovering near, and even eeking into the low 70s in AZ, with giant thunderstorms complexing our weather with sudden stupifying downpours, one wonders, after all of these blogs, this “body of work” if you will,  if the several people who comprise the Cloud-Maven blogpire, one… Continue reading Is it India? Or is it Catalina?