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
Category: The weather ahead
Augustober weather continues on October 18th
Truly LATE breaking news, untimely really, but Augustober 18th was too special a day to ignore: Giant clouds, dense rain shafts, frequent lightning in the area throughout the afternoon, dewpoints in the high 50s to 60 F; can it really be after the middle of October? Or, is this some kind of preview of climate… Continue reading Augustober weather continues on October 18th
Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Some rain fell about this time in Catalina. Not enough to darken the pavement completely at any time. The main thing to take away from that hour of very light rain is that it was not “drizzle” as even some errant meteorologists call such sprinkles. You will be permanently banned from attending any future meetings… Continue reading Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Jumbo package
Through deliberate deception, the title is likely to bring in quite a few football-centric people, since “jumbo package” is a term used when an offensive team bring in all the “Sumo wrestlers” they have, usually in attempts to score a touchdown from 6 inches outside the goal line. The “jumbo package”, however, is about… Continue reading Jumbo package
Twofer
Rarely do passing lows get a two chances to produce rain, but the low passing overhead today and tomorrow, does. Ten days from now, its overhead again! How funny izzat? And precipful, too. Measurable rain will fall today in Catalina CDP (“Census Designated Place”, i.e., its not a city), and in about 10 days when… Continue reading Twofer
Some recent Catalina water year data
OOPS. I was listening to a Southwest CLIMAS podcast, originating at the U of AZ, and realized I missed in the above graph what can only be termed an “ineffectual Niño” that which occurred in 1986-88 and did not produce a precipitation “signal” here. How lame was that? So, while we are excited about the… Continue reading Some recent Catalina water year data
So happy for you
For the second time this month, cloud-centric folk had a rare and happy sight: “naked” Nimbostratus, that is, the well-known mid-level1 precipitating cloud layer was present for all to see, but without the obscuring lower cloud decks normally associated with it, clouds like Stratocumulus or Stratus. Time and time again those pesky lower layers prevent… Continue reading So happy for you
Measurable rain to fall in The Heights before August! Sea level falling at Astoria, OR!
Lot of excitement going on today…. But likely, not excitement TODAY, July 27th. Hang on for a wild ride in the last three days of July, the 28th, 29th and 30th. There are no more days in July than that1. August looks pretty active for storms. So far we’ve haven’t even had an inch of… Continue reading Measurable rain to fall in The Heights before August! Sea level falling at Astoria, OR!
Hihg clouds begin to move toward Catalina! Storm of bullet rosettes ahead!
Misspelling the word, “high” was inadvertent; but leaving it was deliberate, thinking it might work as another cheap attempt to get more than one reader1, presently my mom. Hi, mom. Glad you enjoyed your mom’s day dinner yesterday, followed by the exciting trip through the Catalina car wash. Really squirts, doesn’t it? Continuing….people might… Continue reading Hihg clouds begin to move toward Catalina! Storm of bullet rosettes ahead!
Another Catalina rain day for May 2015
We received 0.08 inches here in “The Heights” for a third day with measurable rain in May already. 0.12 inches fell at the Bridge on Golder Ranch Dr. , while Saddlebrooke got up to a quarter of an inch (as estimated by CMP) in a tiny streak of clouds that erupted into shallow Cumulonimbus clouds,… Continue reading Another Catalina rain day for May 2015