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

A nice white Lemmon

Been dreaming about a white Lemmon for quite awhile, ever since the New Year’s Eve snowstorm here.  Finally got one yesterday, as we saw.   Here are a few extra Lemmons for you: Yesterday’s clouds (includes photo of a small, cute dog)   Looking closer, I hope you recorded the slight fall streaks (fallstreifen, ger.)… Continue reading A nice white Lemmon

Clouds without comment

Remember Consumer Reports, “Quotes Without Comment” page?  Well, I am lying like anything here1. Only ONE comment today (I’m lying again), but its about wind today.  It will pick up suddenly from the north later this morning or in the early afternoon, and be gusty and cold.  We here in Catalina get more of this… Continue reading Clouds without comment

A little rain overnight! 0.09 inches!

Let us first begin first by NOT exulting too much over our own rain, but let us revel in that rain that has fallen in the Plains.  New Mexico, too.  From WSI Intellicast this beauty for the past 7 days: Below is our national drought status at the onset of the week above (for July… Continue reading A little rain overnight! 0.09 inches!

Pancakes with ice; testing your ice IQ

AKA, Cumulus humilis virgae, or, with virga. While there were plenty of small Cumulus around yesterday, it wasn’t until after 1 PM that trace amounts of virga could be seen starting to emit from them as they got colder during the day. I think I did, too.  By the end of the day, cloud BOTTOMS… Continue reading Pancakes with ice; testing your ice IQ

Speaking of storms…the one tonight

Very exciting day ahead as the south to southwest winds pick up this afternoon to gusty proportions with some dust-haze in the air.  Cold front coming, as you you know.  Surface low pressure center passes to the north.  Very exciting, to repeat for emphasis. Rain?  Oh, yeah. This time ALL of it After Midnight (different “reminder”… Continue reading Speaking of storms…the one tonight