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!

Rain 2 for November 2013: 0.23 inches, lightning and a couple of grape-sized hail stones

We have a monthly rain total that’s not zero! But will there be more this month?  Stay tuned until November 30th!  (Nothing imminent.) In the meantime, a very pretty blue sky day today pocked with residual Cumulus clouds, maybe some virga. There’ll be nice cloud shadows and sun on the Catalinas again today. In the meantime,… Continue reading Rain 2 for November 2013: 0.23 inches, lightning and a couple of grape-sized hail stones

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?