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

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

0.52 inches here, 1 to 1.5 inches on the CDO upper watershed; will it run?

May take Jake Horse out to see if the Sutherland Wash is running, anyway, if the CDO is not running here in Catalina. Thunderstorms (at least 4 separate ones yesterday), with hail, graupel, wind, rain;  what a nice day for Catalinans and our environs.  Lightning was still visible as of 7:52 PM last evening, and… Continue reading 0.52 inches here, 1 to 1.5 inches on the CDO upper watershed; will it run?

Thundery trace; expect more than that today

(A note:  I am not getting WYSIWYG in what I am writing and what is posted in WP.  This is SO FRUSTRATING!  True I am a bit of an amateur at WP,  but those spaghetti plots that start the blog are SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE END OF IT as I see them in the… Continue reading Thundery trace; expect more than that today

Yesterday’s awful Cumulus clouds; better ones today!

From the University of WY Cowpokes, this awful sounding from yesterday afternoon at Tucson.  Where the two lines first pinch together, around the “500” label, is where the Cumulus cloud bases were yesterday afternoon (marked by the oval)!  To see why those Cumulus were awful ones with too much ice, check the temperature lines, the ones… Continue reading Yesterday’s awful Cumulus clouds; better ones today!