A humilis day with a surprise ending; horse prank story

Yesterday was another great humilis day for you, with quite a phase twist at the end.  I am sure most of you out there saw the surprising final touch to a warm day with high-based shallow Cumulus. Let’s see how close that using that old estimator technique was yesterday by examining the Tucson sounding for… Continue reading A humilis day with a surprise ending; horse prank story

Another Catalina rain day for May 2015

We received 0.08 inches here in “The Heights” for a third day with measurable rain in May already.  0.12 inches fell at the Bridge on Golder Ranch Dr. , while Saddlebrooke got up to a quarter of an inch (as estimated by CMP) in a tiny streak of clouds that erupted into shallow Cumulonimbus clouds,… Continue reading Another Catalina rain day for May 2015

About ice-in-clouds and APIPs (or high temperature contrails)

                                                                How cold were those Cc clouds?  See below. (Begin technical module) In the mid- -20s C, around -15 F.  Height, about 21,000 feet… Continue reading About ice-in-clouds and APIPs (or high temperature contrails)

Tropical fetches

Flash: Very light rain (R–) falling at 5:30 AM!  Amazing…  Won’t measure though, as thickest clouds are already sliding away.  But still, great to see, to smell the scent of rain in the desert, and feel the drops in this little surprise sprinkle! ————————— Forgetting about that last big bust, namely the last big trough… Continue reading Tropical fetches

Water, water everywhere in the sky, but not much fell on the ground

Yesterday was a disappointment.  Oodles of water up there above us, as represented by cloud bases somewhere around 15 Celsius  (59 F) yesterday morning, early Cumulonimbus activity–one was up toward Oracle by 10:37 AM–Oracle got 1.06 inches yesterday, but while the skies darkened over Catalina several times, they didn’t “unload.”  Maybe only once or twice… Continue reading Water, water everywhere in the sky, but not much fell on the ground

Smoke attack

It was hard to see all the smoke around yesterday morning after the two previous stunning days with high visibility.  I was thinking I had never seen so much smoke in Catalina as I saw yesterday morning.  Here is some photos of that awful event:   In the afternoon, the smog was gone, mixed through… Continue reading Smoke attack

Cold slam

That’s your weather forecast for today.  There’s nothing you can do about it.  Why go on about it? Next, these from yesterday–was under control, only took 127 photos.  Every thousand or so shots I take is NOT of a cloud, and yesterday there were two exceptions, which I will post here as an anomaly; a… Continue reading Cold slam

Creepin’ Cirrus; pedantry on display

“Storms” at 30,000 feet, single ice crystals falling from various varieties and species of Cirrus clouds.  That’s about all we got for “weather” in the next few days as Cirrus creeps up from the tropics into Arizona.  But those Cirrus produce great sunrises and sunsets, so have camera ready.  And while not much is happening,… Continue reading Creepin’ Cirrus; pedantry on display

Raining hard here at 4:08 AM

Little cell going by (aka, weak Cumulonimbus).  I hope you’re up to enjoy the sounds of a good cellular rain on the roof.  I feel like another song coming on.  Ooops, same one, but its a good one because it not only has rain and thunder in it, but also pathos1.  (I thought the thunder in… Continue reading Raining hard here at 4:08 AM