“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”
Category: Cumulonimbus clouds
Your cloud dairy for May 9th
Haha, most readers won’t even notice! But maybe some cow-centric, instead of cloud-centric, folks will drop by, raising the worth of this blog to above $35 if sold….that according to a “biz” site. Had a rainbow yesterday. Hope you noticed. It was pretty early and overhead west. I think the clouds did not have ice… Continue reading Your cloud dairy for May 9th
Wintertime cold Cumulonimbus clouds erupt with sprinkles and snow flurries; no damage reported
One passed over at 9:19 AM with a hard multi-second, surprise rain shower. One person reported a couple of graupel, or soft hail particles. Tipped the bucket, too; 0.01 added to our Sutherland Heights storm total. Its now at 0.23 inches. Of course, there was no damage, but putting that word in a title might… Continue reading Wintertime cold Cumulonimbus clouds erupt with sprinkles and snow flurries; no damage reported
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
Storm-weary Catalinans prepare for more strong storms, cold, and storm weariness
Catalinans experienced a FOURTH cloudy day in a row, and, over the past few days, including yesterday’s few drops that fell at 4:24 PM, have experienced over an inch of rain! Some grumbling has started concerning muddy, pot-holed and puddled up dirt roads, about the washes running across roads lately, water and mud splashing on… Continue reading Storm-weary Catalinans prepare for more strong storms, cold, and storm weariness
Cold clouds and pretty, wintry scenes as long as they don’t last too long
What a gorgeous day yesterday was with deep blue skies dotted with Cumulus and one or two shallow Cumulonimbus, highlighted by our snow-capped Catalina Mountains. After the brief warm up, more storms ahead for Catalina! Yesterday’s clouds Explanatory module below After the brief warm up ahead, still looks “troughulent” and stormy in the SW as… Continue reading Cold clouds and pretty, wintry scenes as long as they don’t last too long
Summer-like storm surprises with frequent thunder and a half inch of rain in 18 min
Here are the latest 24 h totals, ending this morning the 23rd at 3 AM AST from your Pima County ALERT gauge network. Our own amount over this period is embedded for comparison purposes: Gauge 24 Name Location ID# hours —- —- —- —- —- —- —————– ——————— Catalina Area 1010 0.71 … Continue reading Summer-like storm surprises with frequent thunder and a half inch of rain in 18 min
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
Thunderstorms, rain, hail, pummel Catalina finally!
We’ve waited a LONG time for a rain day. It was so nice, so photogenic as well. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Also, you may have seen the Froude Number1 in action as Cumulus congestus and Cumulonimbus clouds developed and went around the sides of the Catalina Mountains instead of… Continue reading Thunderstorms, rain, hail, pummel Catalina finally!
Thunderstorms pound Catalina/Sutherland Heights with 0.01 inches of rain! Blog contains a horse photo!!
Well, a partial shot of a horse…. A horse photo will always enhance a blog about clouds. Expecting a little uptick in readership due to this ploy, maybe will break out of the single digit column. Not much happened early on, a thin film of Cirrostratus covered much of the sky, delaying the expected development… Continue reading Thunderstorms pound Catalina/Sutherland Heights with 0.01 inches of rain! Blog contains a horse photo!!