Weather “stagecoach” full of storm presents set to arrive on Friday

Don’t really need me anymore.  Everyone’s on top of this ” incoming” now, set to begin in the area overnight on Thursday, the one you’ve  been reading about here since maybe last October I think.  So, feeling sad today, also because it looks like its going to be a bit too warm for snow, which… Continue reading Weather “stagecoach” full of storm presents set to arrive on Friday

Yesterday’s drizzle

Some rare drizzle precip1 fell yesterday.  Suggests clouds were pretty “clean”, that is,  didn’t have much aerosol loading and the concentrations of droplets in them was low (likely less than 100 cm-3) Also likely, in view of the recent strong winds, some of the aerosols in those clouds might have been large dust particles2 rather… Continue reading Yesterday’s drizzle

One of the greatest Seattle days in the history of Catalina, Arizona

Yesterday, that is.  It felt like I never left.  Only 49 F here; was 55 F in Seattle yesterday. But the main thing that made it seem “so Seattle” was the persistent low Stratocumulus overcast, almost no sun whatsoever, and a little rain.  We picked up another 0.03 inches in a couple of morning episodes… Continue reading One of the greatest Seattle days in the history of Catalina, Arizona