“Alas”, now there’s a word to don’t see every day…probably a little stiff from laying around so long. Those Cumulus that shot up over the Catalinas early yesterday morning were a magnificent sight, and so full of promise. And while thunder was heard here just after 11 AM here in Sutherland Heights-Catalina, the showers just… Continue reading Pretty and tall Cumulus, early showers and thunder, but, alas, a rain dud here
Category: Rain shafts
Catalina summer rain climo (again)
Running out of material, which is quite interesting because I haven’t been doing much, so am reprising these…. We had a little uptick in rainfall last year mostly due to that four and half inches in July. Very nice. No trend is evident in the summer rainfall here, global warming aside. When it falls in… Continue reading Catalina summer rain climo (again)
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
So big, so little; in potential to realization
The U of AZ models got pretty excited about yesterday’s rain potential, even the WRF-GFS run AFTER the one I looked at and got me excited about yesterday’s rain potential. The model one that followed the one I saw when posting yesterday’s blog, one that comes out around mid-morning based on 5 AM data,… Continue reading So big, so little; in potential to realization
“Dancing Rainshafts”; the movie
While we here in Catalinaland only received a “trace” of rain again from a thunderstorm that sudddenly formed just before 3 PM to our SE-S, there were some tremendous rains in the area yesterday afternoon and evening. Some examples: Pima County ALERT precip, max observation: 2.09 inches, Brawley Wash at Highway 86 U of AZ rain map,… Continue reading “Dancing Rainshafts”; the movie
Pattern clouds, a few afternoon drops here, a lot over there, and a nice sunset
Pattern clouds: Cirrocumulus undulatus in odd, parallel lines. I had not seen parallel lines like this before. Fragments of Altocumulus are also present. Though only a few drops hit the ground here in Catalina, the day ended with a pretty sunset. This marked the third day in a row where large Cumuluonimbus clouds cells at… Continue reading Pattern clouds, a few afternoon drops here, a lot over there, and a nice sunset
Catalina miss, but an inch just next to Saddlebrooke
I guess we can be happy for them… Here’s how the day went.
Ka-blam! 1.07 inches, most of it in half an hour.
The late afternoon yesterday was like a Carpenter’s song, i.e., “easy listening” interrupted by Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, Black Flag, Helloween, The English Dogs (“She Kicked Me in the Head and Left Me for Dead”), etc. A day filled with moderately promising Cumulus congestus and brief area Cumulonimbus clouds, was suddenly overrun by a black steam… Continue reading Ka-blam! 1.07 inches, most of it in half an hour.
Lots of bluster, little rain except at Sutherland Heights where 0.39 inches fell last evening
Another day with hours of thunder, but with those high and cold cloud bases, not much rain reached the ground. Also hurting the rain situation, too much ice. An afternoon sprinkle, a very close, rogue lightning strike, followed by an early nighttime “chaser” storm that, with all of its bluster, wind and vivid lightning, produced only… Continue reading Lots of bluster, little rain except at Sutherland Heights where 0.39 inches fell last evening
Another big day; scattered amounts around us of more than THREE inches again; we only got 0.18 inches!
Trying to be excited for those around us who got all that rain yesterday while we received a paltry 0.18 inches here in the upper reaches of Catalina. Still it was another good little rain for our local desert. The 24 h rolling archive from Pima County rainfall gages is here. Most seen here? 2.01 inches… Continue reading Another big day; scattered amounts around us of more than THREE inches again; we only got 0.18 inches!