Punctuation: its hard. Not sure about that in the title. Oh, well. Kind of sad that English is my first language, too. Yesterday was definitely more Stratocumulus-ee (clouds flatter than expected) than anticipated, which hurt since it was foretold here that it would be Cumulus-ee day. And there was but the slightest evidence of… Continue reading Yesterday: less Cu, more Strato; today, more Cu, less Strato
Category: Lenticular clouds
Hurricane force winds strike the Sutherland Heights!
If you don’t believe me, and slept through it during the power outages when it was COMPLETELY dark last night, here is a MEASUREMENT of the event from a private weather station, The arrow points to the event, 58 knots, which is about 67 mph. This is the greatest wind measured by the PWA in… Continue reading Hurricane force winds strike the Sutherland Heights!
1.75 inches and counting; 3-7 in SE mountains
What a great wildflower-producing/maintaing storm! While some, well most, of the exceptional weather expected, like TSTMs, funnels, hail, locusts, and afternoon arcus clouds, were not really observed, a lot of rain was. Here’s your cloud day for our stupendous storm, not yet over, beginning with a how-it-fell chart: The End,… Continue reading 1.75 inches and counting; 3-7 in SE mountains
Rain piling up; 3.4 inches already on Ms. Lemmon, more elsewhere!
And, will there be a tornado today, too? Arcus cloud almost a certainty. Get cameras ready! Read on…farther down. 4 (FOUR!) inches at Park Tank, Reddington Pass area by 6 AM ! Incredible for so early in the storm! Check more totals out from your friendly Pima County ALERT regional gauges. Mods on track to… Continue reading Rain piling up; 3.4 inches already on Ms. Lemmon, more elsewhere!
0.05 inches so far; a rare sighting in Seattle in January
1) The quarter inch predicted/hoped for here fell on Borrego Springs, CA, (0.27 inches) instead. So, it was pretty close. We received a measly trace in the past 24 until we got 0.05 inches just now! Barely made the 0.05 inches, thought to be the least that could fall. So, in humility, will be expanding… Continue reading 0.05 inches so far; a rare sighting in Seattle in January
The rains (plural) ahead; reviewing “Lorenz” plots
It doesn’t get much better than this plot below for our Catalina weather 10-13 days ahead, which is always pretty fuzzy-looking as a rule. “Better” means for rain chances here, which is not everyone’s “better.” Here’s the excitement: Note blank area, that is, an area free of lines area centered on the gambling and other… Continue reading The rains (plural) ahead; reviewing “Lorenz” plots
“Front Light”; compare to Bud Light
Front will roar across like a mouse, not a lion, as hoped for a few days ago. Not too many rain “calories” in it. Measurable rain will still occur, starting sometime between 9 AM and 10 AM AST–oops. raining now at 7:10 AM! Check out U of AZ model for rain timing. First drops fall… Continue reading “Front Light”; compare to Bud Light
Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday
Of course, only CLOUDS can rain, so the title is a little silly, but it sounded more dramatic like that. This is the first measurable rain, it fell between 9 and 10 PM here, in EIGHT weeks! And you could sure smell that special fragrance from the ground and desert vegetation as soon as you… Continue reading Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday
Surveying the Sutherland Wash in the aftermath
Went on an hike yesterday to see what the water levels had gotten to in the Sutherland Wash, located at the base of Samaniego Ridge, during our historic downpour. I began at the Cottonwoods at the Baby Jesus Trail head and worked my way down the wash about a mile, to where the fence is… Continue reading Surveying the Sutherland Wash in the aftermath
Good muddy morning, Mr. and Mrs. Catalina!
Well, it finally happened, we got shafted royally (as CM likes to say, referring to getting rain shafted) yesterday afternoon with a badly needed 1.09 inches here in Sutherland Heights. More than 2 inches fell nearby, too, such as near the intersection of Hwy 77 and 79! The highlight of the storm was, of course,… Continue reading Good muddy morning, Mr. and Mrs. Catalina!