The clouds were somewhat of a disappointment yesterday, not the stupendous photogenic day CM was expecting. Maybe CM is total fraud, gets Big Oil funding and should be investigated by Rep. Grijalva as other weather folk are, like the great Prof. and National Academy of Sciences Fellow, Dr. Judy Curry, a friend, and about… Continue reading A nice cloud yesterday, not a great cloud yesterday; dramatic day ahead
Category: Sunrise
Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models
1While several inches of model2 rain has occurred in Catalina and in the nearby mountains this month, most of which cloud-maven person has festooned his blog with model panels of, there really hasn’t been any ACTUAL rain. But having said that, there is even MORE model rain ahead, some beginning tomorrow in these parts. Tomorrow’s… Continue reading Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models
On your mark, get set, (pause) RAIN!!!! (screaming here)
a lot….beginning tomorrow afternoon or evening, not today. Today is “pause” day. Also, its trash day today here in Catalina, mentioned here as a public service. Slow moving, sub-tropical system to drop several inches of water content in rain/snow in mountains, sez our best model, that run by the U of AZ. Thank you, U… Continue reading On your mark, get set, (pause) RAIN!!!! (screaming here)
The rains (plural) ahead; reviewing “Lorenz” plots
It doesn’t get much better than this plot below for our Catalina weather 10-13 days ahead, which is always pretty fuzzy-looking as a rule. “Better” means for rain chances here, which is not everyone’s “better.” Here’s the excitement: Note blank area, that is, an area free of lines area centered on the gambling and other… Continue reading The rains (plural) ahead; reviewing “Lorenz” plots
Water continues to flow in the Sutherland Wash!
It was a great day to hike to that wash, too. Began with a nice sunrise; missed the nice sunset, darn. Hope you didn’t. But the highlight of the day was seeing that water was still running in the Sutherland Wash, some eight days after our great snow. Like so many things that happen to… Continue reading Water continues to flow in the Sutherland Wash!
Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina
Like scientific opinion1, climate change happens. You may not know this, but only 15,000 to 20,000 years or so ago, a blink of an eye in light years, the earth was gripped by an Ice Age. No “hockey stick” handle back then! Snow and ice piled up over a kilometer deep on top of the… Continue reading Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina
“Front Light”; compare to Bud Light
Front will roar across like a mouse, not a lion, as hoped for a few days ago. Not too many rain “calories” in it. Measurable rain will still occur, starting sometime between 9 AM and 10 AM AST–oops. raining now at 7:10 AM! Check out U of AZ model for rain timing. First drops fall… Continue reading “Front Light”; compare to Bud Light
Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday
Of course, only CLOUDS can rain, so the title is a little silly, but it sounded more dramatic like that. This is the first measurable rain, it fell between 9 and 10 PM here, in EIGHT weeks! And you could sure smell that special fragrance from the ground and desert vegetation as soon as you… Continue reading Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday
A day with an astounding sunrise and a mysterious linear feature
In case you missed it: Some additional commentary about these scenes. One of the remarkable things about clouds, a real unknown, is how clouds such as Altocumulus (1st photo) can get so cold, colder than it was this mid-November in Wyoming, and can remain all or mostly water drops, which is what you are looking… Continue reading A day with an astounding sunrise and a mysterious linear feature
Dull cool day and blog, book-ended by a nice sunrise and a nice sunset
Here we go…..some pretty, but also dull, photos, along with some novella-sized captions as mind wandered into the obtuse while writing them. That’s about it. No use talking about the rain ahead again. Seems to be a couple chances between the 20th and the 30th. The End —————————- 1You can make a cloud snow… Continue reading Dull cool day and blog, book-ended by a nice sunrise and a nice sunset