The Cottonwoods1 Daily Trash Report Litterfolk continue to prefer Bud Light cans and bottles over craft beers. While its interesting to make these surveys, CMP reminds readers, “Litter responsibly; in a receptacle.” The trash you see here was collected during a single trip to the Sutherland Wash and back. The Sutherland Wash Flow Report A … Continue reading Summer-like clouds bring a trace of rain, thunder to Catalina
Category: Thunderstorm day
Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe
Had another rainbow from those cloud “warriors” we call Cumulonimbus on the Catalinas. But, “If traces are your thing, Catalina is king!” as we recorded but a trace of rain again while soaking rains poured down just a couple of miles away on the Catalinas, to form a sentence with too much punctuation and a… Continue reading Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe
Morning delight
The sky was packed with tropical Cumulus congestus and a few Cumulonimbus clouds in the distance at dawn yesterday, an unusual sight for Catlanders. A few of those Cu around the Catalina/Saddlebrooke/Oro Valley area grew overhead into “soft-serve” Cumulonimbus clouds with heavy, tropical-feeling showers you could hike in with great comfort; no lightning/thunder observed. Up… Continue reading Morning delight
Summer thunderama returns to Catalina for a day
Against the deepening blue skies over us as the sun continues its descent to overhead of the Equator, coming right up (September 22nd, AZ time), our late summer Cumulus and thunderheads become even more spectacular. You can see the whole cloud day here, courtesy of the University of Arizona, if you would like to avoid… Continue reading Summer thunderama returns to Catalina for a day
Special low cloud base day ahead; yesterday’s pretty cloud scenes
Today will be a special one in the desert. Cumulus bases are going to be really LOW for summer, maybe only 3-4 kft above the ground, and likely warmer than 15 C (50 F). Maybe 50 F doesn’t sound special, but it is. A base temperature of summer clouds that warm is rarely observed… Continue reading Special low cloud base day ahead; yesterday’s pretty cloud scenes
More like it; 0.43 inches in The Heights, 3.07 inches on Ms. Mt. Lemmon!
Thank you, second burst of rain after about 8:15 PM. And what a great total on The Lemmon! Fantastic, unless some roads were washed out. 1.93 inches fell in only an hour up there. 1.85 inches fell in an hour at White Tail over there by the highway. Below, cribbed from the Pima County ALERT… Continue reading More like it; 0.43 inches in The Heights, 3.07 inches on Ms. Mt. Lemmon!
Best model output for you
Been looking around at quite a number of model runs (well 2, anyway) trying to find the best one for you. Here it is. Its yesterday’s WRF-GFS run that was based on 11 AM AST global data. Has some great rains for us here in Arizona. Those rains, and that incredible hurricane that saunters up… Continue reading Best model output for you
Waterfall near the Gap; trace in the Heights
Now for some clouds, ones that spurted up awful fast yesterday. Movie here; still shots chronicling your cloud day below: Today? U of AZ mod run from last night, surprisingly, has showers around today, but nothing near Catalina. Hmmmm. Can that be right? Hope not. In fact,… Continue reading Waterfall near the Gap; trace in the Heights
Snowbirds may head back to Arizona as low temperature records fall in the eastern US in a few days
Forgetting about yesterday’s unforecast subdued afternoon convection hereabouts after about 1 PM), lets talk about the misery of others; the little crybabies that leave Arizona in the summertime, decimating its economy, so that they can be cooler and “happy” in northern climes (while dodging hail and tornadoes, we might add). Well, how about them birdies… Continue reading Snowbirds may head back to Arizona as low temperature records fall in the eastern US in a few days
Thunder on the mountains!
Began at 1:15 PM, ended at 1:40 PM. Then, a second round at 3:58 PM. Nothing more on tap today through June. Thought, too, since there’s been a lot of talk about the Southwest monsoon lately in the media, we’d check on that and see how its doing: Hmmm. Not so well so far. Is… Continue reading Thunder on the mountains!