Sutherland Heights 72-h storm total nears an inch

0.24 inches was recorded after 7 AM yesterday, bringing our voluptuous rain total to 0.95 inches1.  How nice. Dry spell ahead now, maybe a LONG one.  “Fiddle-dee-dee.” Yesterday: another day shallow precipitating clouds and “ice multiplication” Seemed to be another day of “ice multiplication” here in southeast Arizona, a term that was coined in 1969… Continue reading Sutherland Heights 72-h storm total nears an inch

Cold front with a spectacular arcus cloud rolls across Catalina; 0.68 inches logged in Sutherland Heights!

The “entrance” of our major cold front yesterday was spectacular!  Hope you were able to stand upright in the wind, gusts to 60 mph,  that just preceded it and saw that arcus cloud march across the Tortolita Mountains and into Oro Valley and Saddlebrooke.  If you didn’t, its reprised here,  of course. The arrival of… Continue reading Cold front with a spectacular arcus cloud rolls across Catalina; 0.68 inches logged in Sutherland Heights!