June 13th–a full observational day

As the day rolled forward in time as they do pretty consistently, I was really happy for you having so many things to log in your cloud diary and maybe report to neighbors who might not have been so observant as you yesterday; the various types of clouds you saw, fun dust devils here and… Continue reading June 13th–a full observational day

On the Catalina trails with lenticularis

First, Cal drought bustin’ rain update: As much as 1-2 inches as far south as Ventura County so far, 3-4 inches in the coastal mountains of central Cal as of just now (4 AM AST).  Rolling 24 h Cal State archive here.  LA area rain here; keep an eye on Opids Camp and Crystal Lake… Continue reading On the Catalina trails with lenticularis

Light rain to fall in Catalina tonight

Don’t take my word for it; take this, from the University of Arizona’s Beowulf Cluster (BC) mass of computations: Total precipitation predicted for Catalina (0.01 to 0.10 inches) ending at 5 AM tomorrow morning. Some to the north fell yesterday afternoon, but it wasn’t that much.  Sure, its yesterday’s model crunch based on data that’s… Continue reading Light rain to fall in Catalina tonight

Smoothies

      Today’s clouds Much like two days ago. Higher based Stratocumulus/Altocumulus with patches of heavy virga and sprinkles around. Back edge of the cloud mass times in around 2-4 PM. Might be a little early for a great sunset, but just in case, have camera ready. Looking farther ahead…. Still mainly dry through… Continue reading Smoothies

Rain, and more of it

AZ Map of USGS gauges here (takes a couple of minutes to load); USGS AZ amounts here. Pima County ALERT gauges here (Mt. Lemmon already at 0.67 inches at this hour!) Rainlog.org here (best if used after 7 AM AST). CoCoRahs here (best if used after 7 AM AST) NWS rain totals here. AZ agmet… Continue reading Rain, and more of it

Clouds before the storm

First, let’s see how excited the NWS is about our upcoming major, drought-denting storm, now “in the bag”: Tucson, here and a nice NWS YouTube presentation here. Phoenix Flagstaff As you will see from these links, they’re getting pretty worked up, and have issued the SAME “Special Statement” for ALL of Arizona, that’s how big… Continue reading Clouds before the storm

Boring but intersting day behind us

Well, it seems that the WP spell checker doesn’t work on titles.  Intersting.  Oh, well, “intersting” gives today’s cloud harangue a folksy, accessible aura I think. So not much happened yesterday.  Kind of dank with that mid-level Altocumulus overcast, a few sprinkles-its-not-drizzle1 here and there most of the day.   I noticed I didn’t take… Continue reading Boring but intersting day behind us

Big fat trough not to sit on Catalina at month’s end after all

This whole situation, in spite of the inclinations seen in “spaghetti”, has gone to pot.  Well, actually, to the north more than foretold days ago.  No rain is now foreseen here for another week or two. But instead of discussing in minutiae what went wrong, and why CM fell for it, that is, go through… Continue reading Big fat trough not to sit on Catalina at month’s end after all