Storm disappoints with only 0.10 inches in Catalina

Oh, well.  Was expecting at least 0.25 inches a few days ago, and thought maybe a heavy shower last night might pull that expectation out of the trash bucket.  Monthly total now up to 0.70 inches (updated after reading NWS-style and CoCo gauges here), still significantly below average (0.96 inches). Not much else elsewhere, either. … Continue reading Storm disappoints with only 0.10 inches in Catalina

Looking back; your updated Catalina water year and summer rainfall graphs

Let’s face it, for most of the people living in Arizona, their best years are in the rear view mirror,  as are mine  which were probably about 50 years ago…  Following that thought, let us not look ahead to further declines, but rather look back at the last water year for Catalina, ending this past… Continue reading Looking back; your updated Catalina water year and summer rainfall graphs

Hawaii comes to Arizona from Mexico; 5.91 inches at Dan Saddle! 6.43 inches on Mt. Graham!

Former Hurricane ‘Newt’ brought some real humidity, low clouds with unusually warm bases (around 15-20 ° C) to Tucson and Catalina yesterday as its remnant center passed just about over us. Old Newt was “dragging” here as a tropical storm, aloft it was pretty strong still,  brought near hurricane force winds on isolated, high, mountain… Continue reading Hawaii comes to Arizona from Mexico; 5.91 inches at Dan Saddle! 6.43 inches on Mt. Graham!

Some recent clouds I have known; updating “not pubbed” list

  The End (of the cloud discussion) New “not pubbed” item: I’ve added RViewpoint_10-24-06_submitted date Aug 31, 2006_final, something that’s been sitting around for years!   Spent a lot of time writing it, but ultimately deemed it a hopeless task that it would be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteor.  Soc. under then current… Continue reading Some recent clouds I have known; updating “not pubbed” list

Passages: an upper low one on the 18th disappoints; today is the 20th

I got behind…. Lot of great scenes on the 18th, but, ultimately with hopes raised for appreciable measurable rain in Catalina, it was a disappointing day. Nice temperatures, though, for May if you’re a temperature person.  Only a sprinkle fell (4:15 PM), and if you weren’t outside walking the dogs you would NEVER have noticed… Continue reading Passages: an upper low one on the 18th disappoints; today is the 20th

Yesterday: less Cu, more Strato; today, more Cu, less Strato

Punctuation:  its hard.   Not sure about that in the title. Oh, well.  Kind of sad that English is my first language, too. Yesterday was definitely more Stratocumulus-ee (clouds flatter than expected) than anticipated, which hurt since it was foretold here that it would be Cumulus-ee day.   And there was but the slightest evidence of… Continue reading Yesterday: less Cu, more Strato; today, more Cu, less Strato

Rain follows the jet

0.02 inches of it, anyway, as the core of the jet stream at 18,000 feet or so passed by Catalina yesterday afternoon.  Keep your eye on the orange and reddish streak in these progs from IPS MeteoStar yesterday morning beginning at 5 AM AST and how it slides over us as the clouds began to… Continue reading Rain follows the jet

“Storm” total climbs to 0.10 inches with latest 0.02 inches!

People were wearing jackets as temperatures got locked down below 80° F the past few days, the wind blew once in a while, sometime lifting baseball caps off “gray hairs”, and gray skies hovered over Sutherland Heights for TWO and a half days! A surprise, few-minute gusher in the early afternoon yesterday was enough to… Continue reading “Storm” total climbs to 0.10 inches with latest 0.02 inches!

Similar maps…

When some of you were weather browsing this morning, and you saw this forecast map from IPS MeteoStar, valid for next Tuesday, which shows a very late in the season tropical storm off Baja heading toward the Southwest US, while a vigorous winter storm bashes the West Coast, I had a feeling that it reminded… Continue reading Similar maps…

“Tweener” era begins today after pre-dawn sprinkles; one photo has birds in it

We’ll have to suffer through  a few days for the next storm, i. e., experience sunny weather with pleasant temperatures.  Its amazing that people all over America come to Tucson to experience sunny days with pleasant temperatures! 0.45 inches total in The Heights of Catalina in this latest round of rain, sounds of rain.    Actually,… Continue reading “Tweener” era begins today after pre-dawn sprinkles; one photo has birds in it