Sutherland Heights 72-h storm total nears an inch

0.24 inches was recorded after 7 AM yesterday, bringing our voluptuous rain total to 0.95 inches1.  How nice. Dry spell ahead now, maybe a LONG one.  “Fiddle-dee-dee.” Yesterday: another day shallow precipitating clouds and “ice multiplication” Seemed to be another day of “ice multiplication” here in southeast Arizona, a term that was coined in 1969… Continue reading Sutherland Heights 72-h storm total nears an inch

Big virga, but no drops here

Flash:  Plethora of storms lining up for Catalina  during the rest of December.  Spring wildflower seeds take note.  Expecting to see a little snow here, too, in one of those–happens about once a year at our elevation (3,000 to 3500 feet), btw, so its not terribly unusual.) The first one, on December 12th, is in… Continue reading Big virga, but no drops here

Early thunder on the Lemmon; later, but earlier, scattered big dumps and another light show

First about the rainfall around Arizona yesterday…. Jack is happy.  Got 1.21 inches yesterday afternoon.  Nice!  No doubt some of our friends, fellow lowlanders, who can’t take Catalina-Sutherland Heights when the temperature rises above 82.5 F unlike you and me, experienced that cloud downspout that occurred at to Happy Jack Ranger Station in Pine, AZ,… Continue reading Early thunder on the Lemmon; later, but earlier, scattered big dumps and another light show

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!

Jan 25th-26th storm creates billions in beneficial rains

Oh, yeah,  billions and billions of tons of rain dropped out of the skies over AZ, and much of the SW over the past two days.  It, too, might have saved billions in dollars by deterring crop losses, vegetation and critter stress, and own our stress over the drought, “Will it get worse?”  That watery… Continue reading Jan 25th-26th storm creates billions in beneficial rains