Who can forget “Thin Lizzzy”? I guess everyone. A reminder of their one hit below: “Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven’t changed, haven’t much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy” After some English language deviations above, it was great to… Continue reading The “boys” are back in town; those Cumulonimbus ones
Category: Definitions
The color of rain
In case you missed it last evening…. Don’t forget, too, that if you are standing in sunlight AND rain, that you are IN somebody’s rainbow. In fact, whereever the sunlight is hitting the rain is somebody’s rainbow. You can only see the one the laws of physics combined with drop sizes allow you to… Continue reading The color of rain
Less color, more filling…
of raingauges wanted. It was another spectacular sunset yesterday evening after another dry day here in Catalina. You hate to see a completely dry day go by during our peak of the summer rain season, July 5th through August 20th. Below, the best we could do over Mt. Sara Lemmon in the way… Continue reading Less color, more filling…
Watching rain come out of the Arizona summer sky
Here is a sequence of photos showing the development of a rainshaft from a prior “doing nothing” cloud base. For a long time, it appeared that these dark clouds, bottoms of Cumulus clouds, were too raggedy, not contiguous enough in a nice, large and dark region indicating a wide updraft, one that might push cloud… Continue reading Watching rain come out of the Arizona summer sky
Yesterday’s Catalina-centered blast dump: 0.83 inches; 0.53 in 16 minutes
Nice weather we’re having lately. Nice desert greening we’re having now, too. What a day yesterday was! Look at the sunrise view of Altocumulus at the start of the day. And, too, how about some neat patterns before all the mayhem. What a day, to repeat. Yesterday’s blast and dump that struck just after… Continue reading Yesterday’s Catalina-centered blast dump: 0.83 inches; 0.53 in 16 minutes
“Back in Black”, cloud bases, that is
Few people know that Angus Young, lead singer for AC/DC, was quite the weather nut and many of his songs, such as “Back in Black”, are actually about clouds and storms. Thought you’d like to know so that when you get your old AC/DC albums out, they’ll have a little more meaning to them… What… Continue reading “Back in Black”, cloud bases, that is
Lenticularis in July?
Altocumulus lenticularis, to be exact. Of course, as the discerning, eruditeful cloud person that you have become, I didn’t need to tell you this. Well, yep, here they are, courtesy of the U of A Wildcats website. And, if you missed them locally near Catalina, here are a coupla shots. In this movie, you… Continue reading Lenticularis in July?
Catalina summer rainfall 1977-2010: there is no trend
OK, no fooling around today with HUGE text boxes with book length ramblings, just the facts: Catalina inches of summer rain These data again mostly due to the friendly folks Wayne and Jenny down at Our Garden here in Catalina. Since they are open today, Saturday, it would be great if you went down and… Continue reading Catalina summer rainfall 1977-2010: there is no trend
Defining the Catalina summer rain season
catalina summer rain profile The data here are almost all due to those nice folks, Jenny and Wayne, down at Our Garden right here in Catalina, who meticulously kept weather records beginning in 1977. Thank you, Jenny and Wayne! The End.
“This (dry air) will not stand”
Pretty tough day, yesterday. After a few altocumulus floccus shred clouds around dawn until around 7 AM, the sky became absolutely, totally clear. Once again, I did not expect this. (There are a lot of surprises in life when you are a weather forecaster.) I thought shirley1 a few small Cumulus would form later that… Continue reading “This (dry air) will not stand”