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
Category: Altostratus clouds
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
While waiting for S, the (NASA) Diary of the Great O
While waiting for the remnants of former H. Simon to pass over us during the next couple of days, bringing some rain, starting overnight, got distracted while looking to see how many rainfall measuring stations they have in Baja Cal, and found this about the Great O from NASA. Its a pretty fascinating read I… Continue reading While waiting for S, the (NASA) Diary of the Great O
Tattered “O” creeps into Arizona
Old Man O is kind of a mess now. Still hoping for half an inch here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights, but now even wonder it that will materialize as O goes by today and tonight. Darn! But, even though O MIGHT be a rain disappointment here in Catalina, there are plenty of opportunities to get substantial… Continue reading Tattered “O” creeps into Arizona
Dial “O” for rain; Odile that is
Unless the younger folks watch Turner Classic Movies or something like that, they will be clueless about what ther the reference to “dialing” is in the title. Oh, well. Heck, who even remembers what a Walkman was these days? The heavy cloud shield of TS Odile is moving in with some light, spotty rain hereabouts… Continue reading Dial “O” for rain; Odile that is
Rainy “mammoths” return; future remains cloudy
We saw some great shafts yesterday, and their content did not disappoint where they landed; 1.61 inches fell at a Saddlebrooke Ranch site, though only 0.06 inches in The Heights. Also, this piece contains a footnote. 8:15 AM. The usual summer Altocumulus perlucidus deck. The weather ahead…. Just glimpsing the mighty U of AZ mod… Continue reading Rainy “mammoths” return; future remains cloudy
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!
Cloud stories, continued
Our last cloud chapter was rudely interrupted by drought, with the last “rain”, an embarrassing one, of just 0.01 inches here in Sutherland Heights a week ago. Areas around us, of course, got more. Today’s weather…. Well, its no fun telling folks what they already know, but will say it looks tentatively, relying on… Continue reading Cloud stories, continued
Rain doesn’t show, but sunset does
Yesterday was equal to the most potent cloud day that cloud maven person has seen since moving to Catalina in 2008; from clear skies to thunder before 10 AM! Fortunately, in spite of all the incredible cloud scenes around, fine, tall clouds so early in the day, CMP was able to control himself and only… Continue reading Rain doesn’t show, but sunset does
Creamy mammatus precedes overnight thunderation
Thin Cirrostratus overspread the sky at dinner time from the east, thickening into Altostratus cumulonimbogenitus mammatus (you can breath now), toward the Catalina Mountains and in the direction of Oracle. What a gorgeous sight this was! While the storms that spawned this icy blob were mostly dead by this time, undercutting Altocumulus castellanus below the… Continue reading Creamy mammatus precedes overnight thunderation