Let’s look at February’s climo for Catalina, now that the month is practically half over (hahahah, sort of): BTW, yesterday I discovered at first sunlight that a trace of rain HAD fallen the previous night by finding raindrop images in the dust on my “trace detector” instrument (a car parked outside under the… Continue reading While waiting for rain, some useful information…
Category: Catalina climate data
Speaking of storms…the one tonight
Very exciting day ahead as the south to southwest winds pick up this afternoon to gusty proportions with some dust-haze in the air. Cold front coming, as you you know. Surface low pressure center passes to the north. Very exciting, to repeat for emphasis. Rain? Oh, yeah. This time ALL of it After Midnight (different “reminder”… Continue reading Speaking of storms…the one tonight
Let’s look at December and the beginning of the second Catalina rain season
A day of pretty Cirrus and a nice sunset yesterday: Now for some more of that Catalina climo, featuring December (Most of these data below are due to the folks at Our Garden right here in Catalinaland just off Columbus._ First, the rainfall frequency chart for December. Not… Continue reading Let’s look at December and the beginning of the second Catalina rain season
Summer and water year rain stats
Today, something useful…. Summer 2012 rainfall, June-September: 9.04 inches, average 7.27 inches. Water year rainfall, October 1, 2011 through September 30th, 2012: 16.00 inches, average 17.04 inches. To see surrounding values, in some cases considerably higher than Catalina’s go to the U of Arizona’s rainlog.org and in the upper right hand corner, select, “date… Continue reading Summer and water year rain stats
Our Catalina summer rains and when they come
Below is an updated chart showing the frequency of rain in Catalina from June 1st through September 30th. These data are mostly the courtesy of Our Garden here in Catalina on Stallion Place, supplemented in the past few years by obs here on Wilds Road. Thought you’d like to see this to get your day started… Continue reading Our Catalina summer rains and when they come
Clouds!
Something in the sky to look at, Cirrus! And more! Some Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Altocumulus clouds from the tropics have floated over in time for a nice sunrise presentation. Some of these clouds should be around all day. From this morning: Also, let me reprise our June rain frequency chart for Catalina. “Upon further review”, I… Continue reading Clouds!
Gone but still there
As expected, the odd pattern of just 24 h ago disappeared on the later model runs. Is it really gone? Nope. Might pop back up on a subsequent run. While our usual June inferno continues for a few more days (here’s the NWS forecast for Catalina), a cool trough of air is destined to come… Continue reading Gone but still there
Trendless summer rains, and a look at what June has to offer
OK, cooling off now after yesterday’s rant (which somehow I just now notice has the wrong published date!), emotions now pretty much drained…. After noting that our cool season rains have oscillated into a drier spell from a very wet one over the past 35 years, it seemed like looking at what has happened to… Continue reading Trendless summer rains, and a look at what June has to offer
Catalina winter rainfall to end by 2035!
I was working on updating our Catalina October through May historical rainfall data with this past season’s total, when a friend brought this Scientific American article to my attention. Today’s blog title is inspired by the May 25th, 2012, issue of Scientific American, one in which it was pronounced : “Climate Armageddon: How the World’s Weather Could… Continue reading Catalina winter rainfall to end by 2035!
Baby cutoff low coming to a sky near you; is followed by June in May
Something to blab about at last. The computer models show a small area of low pressure breaking off the main jet stream and setttling over Arizona for a few days. Arrives on Monday, May 7th, then hangs around for a couple of days before moving off. Rain here? Doesn’t look like it now, but there… Continue reading Baby cutoff low coming to a sky near you; is followed by June in May