Well, when there’s no rain in the model predictions for 15 days, you have to get excited about something…. Like a solar flare, there has been another massive ejection of high clouds from the equatorial region and its heading toward Catalina, AZ. Here, from the Washington Huskies Weather Department1, is a 24 h loop… Continue reading Another big Cirrus streamer from the Equator heading our way!
Category: Altostratus clouds
In case you were wondering where those high clouds came from…
From down there, as seen here. More of those high clouds, and we hope with some Altocumulus, will be dropping by from the deep tropics over the next week or so. Camera alert: Sunsets and sunrises will be spectacular at times over this period and with more than one layer, there is more than one dominant… Continue reading In case you were wondering where those high clouds came from…
Miriam’s sunset
At least former hurricane Miriam gave us a nice sunset of mostly layer ice clouds (Cirrostratus; Altostratus (where thicker). Note portion of halo, upper center, above pointy-top cedar tree on the horizon. Looks a broken streak of droplet clouds (Cirrocumulus) just below that bit of halo. Today’s overcast of Altocumulus and Stratocumulus, also associated with… Continue reading Miriam’s sunset
Five days of rain ahead; interpreting probability forecasts
Five consecutive days of afternoon and, or, evening rains are ahead. If you don’t believe me, go here, to the University of Washington’s model run from last night‘s GLOBAL data, showing where the rain areas will be (in color!) every three hours for the next FIVE days. You will see that EVERY afternoon and evening… Continue reading Five days of rain ahead; interpreting probability forecasts
“Curve ball” of a Cumulonimbus strikes out Catalina again
It looked like it was coming straight down the middle. I didn’t see any rotation on it. It was coming toward ME… and to Catalina. We were going to get “shafted”, rain shafted that is, at last! I started taking video, shooting numerous still shots of the mammoth-behemoth, churning, tropical-like, boiling-roiling Cumulonimbus cloud rolling in… Continue reading “Curve ball” of a Cumulonimbus strikes out Catalina again
Catalina traces out while flooding occurs nearby again
Flash news: Nearly CONTINUOUS lightning from a localized spot at 3:30 AM just NW of the Tortolita Mountains. Amazing for this time of day. Continuous lightning is a rare event, especially here, mostly seen with big complexes of thunderheads. And this small thunderstorm just erupted at that time “out of the blue”, according to its… Continue reading Catalina traces out while flooding occurs nearby again
Cold one on tap for Catalina; tubes in Cal
First, this is not about BEER! Usually when you get carried away and expect something unusual to happen, it doesn’t, like that girl I thought liked me but didn’t (there have been a number of those…) Yesterday, carried-away Mr. Cloud Maven person mentioned the possibility of tubes in Cal. Here’s the report in the Big… Continue reading Cold one on tap for Catalina; tubes in Cal
Rain today, clouds yesterday
Yep, that’s right, rain IS imminent! In case you forgot what they looked like, there’ll be a display of “hydrometeors” before 7 AM here in Catalina. Should last the whole morning at least. If you don’t believe me and think I just made this up, go here. BTW, “hydrometeors”; what real meteorologists, well, maybe pretentious ones,… Continue reading Rain today, clouds yesterday
Boffo storm bops Burbank before belting Benson
…and the rest of Arizona tomorrow. Actually, at this hour, 5 AM, the storm coming here has not yet gotten to Burbank. Its only close. But, people get excited when you say things like that in the title, and that’s what we’re about here, weather excitement, not accuracy excitement. Weather excitement? Take… Continue reading Boffo storm bops Burbank before belting Benson
Cirrus, maybe some lenticulars, and dust ahead
In case you missed it, the thin layers of Altocumulus clouds provided a bit of a sunset “bloom” around 6:30 PM AST yesterday. Here’s what yesterday looked like, and I am doing this because I have a strong feeling some of you like to live in the past, like I do when I think… Continue reading Cirrus, maybe some lenticulars, and dust ahead