Looked for a time that the rain might be over by mid-afternoon and early evening here in Catalina with only a disappointing 0.40 inches here, but the rains kept coming overnight, piling up a nice 0.98 inches 24 h total for the storm. In the meantime, Ms. Mt. Lemmon has gotten 4.29 inches! Check out… Continue reading Trough, combining with Simon’s remains, delivers 5 inches to Ms. Mt. Lemmon! Clouds now clean and shallow!
Category: Nimbostratus
Tattered “O” creeps into Arizona
Old Man O is kind of a mess now. Still hoping for half an inch here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights, but now even wonder it that will materialize as O goes by today and tonight. Darn! But, even though O MIGHT be a rain disappointment here in Catalina, there are plenty of opportunities to get substantial… Continue reading Tattered “O” creeps into Arizona
Final storm total here 2.31 inches
0.48 inches fell after 7 AM yesterday, a nice addition to the 1.83 inches already “in the (raingauge) can”, with a 0.01 inches dollop overnight here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights, slightly more and less here and there, with several inches in the local mountains. That addition brought our storm total to 2.31 inches, about 2.5 times… Continue reading Final storm total here 2.31 inches
1.77 inches in Catalina and counting
….as of 6 AM. And we might even end up with TWO inches total for this storm! Amazing! I couldn’t imagine it, even as a precipophile with a known bias, that more than 1.5 inches would fall from this situation (10% chance of more than that I wrote), with a best guess of only about… Continue reading 1.77 inches in Catalina and counting
Better late than never; night storms dump 1.42 inches on Sam Ridge!
If you were awakened last night by thunder, as I was, but then that bit disappointed that not a lot of rain fell, well it did, just not here. In three hours, in the epicenter of those storms, Samaniego Peak got a whopping 1.42 inches, by far the most around, bringing the 24 h total… Continue reading Better late than never; night storms dump 1.42 inches on Sam Ridge!
Cold slam arrives but with little rain; 0. 03 inches
Once in the “behemoth-of-the-month” club some 10-12 days ago in the models as a major rain producer this month, and even its timing on the 28th was WELL-predicted as far back as that, yesterday’s storm and powerful trough aloft was ultimately a disappointment, producing only 3 hundredths here. That tiny amount of rain was phenomenally… Continue reading Cold slam arrives but with little rain; 0. 03 inches
“Sprinkle rain”, thought to be only capable of a trace, piles up 0.06 inches in Catalina
Yesterday’s news, of course, and a surprising development “locally” where measurable rain during the day seemed remote, at least at 6 AM yesterday. But, a blob of rain moved in around noon and gave out 0.06 inches. We’ll take it. And as you all know, much more rain from our tropical system off Baja is… Continue reading “Sprinkle rain”, thought to be only capable of a trace, piles up 0.06 inches in Catalina
Arizona: the Emerald State
Now THAT was a monsoon-like day yesterday, one right out of the western state of Kerala, India; the thick rain of mid-morning, seemingly thicker than most here, the clothes-gripping humidity outside, the strip of fog on the side of the western Ghats, oops, Catalina Mountains, the relatively gentle breezes in the rain, the subdued green… Continue reading Arizona: the Emerald State
Drought staggering after heavy rain/snow punch, may go down someday; more blows ahead
Any winter storm that drenches the Catalina area, including Saddlebrookians, Oro Valleyians, with more than an inch of rain in 24 h has to be one of the greatest. Haven’t seen this much winter rain in since the so-called “Frankenstorm” of January 2010 when we got over 2 inches of rain in two days.… Continue reading Drought staggering after heavy rain/snow punch, may go down someday; more blows ahead
“Stuck Inside of Tucson with the Seattle Blues Again”
Paraphrasing Bob Dylan’s song title, one that had the line, “Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again”, that great, driving song he did in the 1960s. See photos of Seattle-like conditions of low-based Nimbostratus below with a temperature of only 37 F (!) right now in Catalina! Egad. As you can also see,… Continue reading “Stuck Inside of Tucson with the Seattle Blues Again”