Note redundancy in title. A “meteor” is already going down, so you don’t need the word “down.” Hahaha. They were small drops, some were as small as drizzle-sized (500 microns in diameter or smaller) and too far apart to be called an occurrence of “drizzle”, but they fell throughout Catalina allowing Catalinans to register a… Continue reading Hydrometeors shower down on Catalina
Category: Altostratus clouds
Cool and pretty
I’m talking about your clouds and weather day yesterday, and definitely NOT about someone whom I shall call, “Sharon1“, that happened to me 33 years ago and whose birthday was yesterday, Ground Hog Day, a day commemorated by a 1993 movie about a weatherman. Seemed “right”, too, to be a weatherman with a girlfriend whose… Continue reading Cool and pretty
See this; read these!
Not much to say, so will let others speak after showing you this sunset from last evening: ————————-on claims module——————————– About really cold air outbursts as we have had in the East (Great Lakes freezing over, etc.) and global warming…. Let’s… Continue reading See this; read these!
What goes up (to Alaska) must come down…to Catalina
Yesterday’s cloud of the day Today’s sunrise of the day About up and down… That giant low pressure center, so needed by us droughty folks here in the SW, has materialized in the western Pacific, shoving gigantic amounts of heat and clouds poleward… Continue reading What goes up (to Alaska) must come down…to Catalina
Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
In case you missed the pretty sights of yesterday: The clouds and weather just ahead… Continue reading Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
Severe weather pattern ahead for West and central US
Summary statement: Begins in 5-6 days in the northern US, then expands southward; goes on and on, like the discussion below, after that. Cloud pics WAY below the “novella” on spag plots. ——————————————- Our docile weather in the West for the past few months is about to end, as well as for those in the… Continue reading Severe weather pattern ahead for West and central US
Rain, and more of it
AZ Map of USGS gauges here (takes a couple of minutes to load); USGS AZ amounts here. Pima County ALERT gauges here (Mt. Lemmon already at 0.67 inches at this hour!) Rainlog.org here (best if used after 7 AM AST). CoCoRahs here (best if used after 7 AM AST) NWS rain totals here. AZ agmet… Continue reading Rain, and more of it
Cloud joy; all kinds of ’em; next rain chances on the 21st and again on the 29th
A couple of Pima County gauges reported measurable rain yesterday or overnight, but that was about it. But it was a fabulous cloud day yesterday. Heavier spotty rains, one USGS station indicating over an inch, fell in the central and northern mountains, which is good. Below, a rehash of yesterday’s great variety of clouds. … Continue reading Cloud joy; all kinds of ’em; next rain chances on the 21st and again on the 29th
Plenty of late November rain ahead…in model; a sunrise beauty
In case you missed it, yesterday’s sunrise: The weather way ahead Well, the WRF-GOOFUS model has lots of rain for us again as November closes out, with the model rain amounts foretold in November for Catalina now totaling over two inches, or about twice… Continue reading Plenty of late November rain ahead…in model; a sunrise beauty
Having an effect after all; sunsets, clouds, and the weather ahead
I was driving down in Tucson yesterday, kind of moping around about all the blogs I had done with little or no interest. You may recall from a blog I did a few months ago I reported to my reader that a business site had evaluated the worth of my blog, and due to the… Continue reading Having an effect after all; sunsets, clouds, and the weather ahead