Eruption! CDO ran big last night (updated with golf balls shown in the wash))

This just in Just back from a horsey ride with Zeus the horse.  Rode into the CDO to see the surprising view that it had run bank-to-bank last night after that mighty cell passed by along the foothills.  In the wash, were golf ball-sized golf balls scattered throughout the wash, indicating that it hit the… Continue reading Eruption! CDO ran big last night (updated with golf balls shown in the wash))

Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes

Some apocalyptic cloud scenes can be Cumulus that explode suddenly into Cumulonimbus,  and Cumulonimbus clouds with their foreboding (unless you live in a desert)  rain shafts,  and their predecessor shelf clouds like “swirly dark Stratocumulus”, and arcus clouds, the latter, a lower line of clouds just above and a little behind the wind shift at… Continue reading Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes

Final storm total here 2.31 inches

0.48 inches fell after 7 AM yesterday, a nice addition to the 1.83 inches already “in the (raingauge) can”, with a 0.01 inches dollop overnight here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights, slightly more and less here and there, with several inches in the local mountains.  That addition brought our storm total to 2.31 inches, about 2.5 times… Continue reading Final storm total here 2.31 inches