We had a rare form of Cirrus yesterday, whose name I have made up in the title as a hint of where they came from, due to the very high altitude and low temperatures of some Altocumulus yesterday. Those Ac morphed to Cirrus, hence the strange, unpronounceable title. Reminder, weatherscience mavens, its more proper… Continue reading Cirrus altocumulus castellano-floccogenitus
Category: Catalina climate data
Blue skies back; some more of that Catalina rain climo, March this time
Feeling better now that the K-layer has moved on and our skies have returned to their normal deep blue. (“K” =s smoke in meteo-parlance, not a strikeout.) No rain in models for southern AZ next 15 days. Ugh. In the meantime, as filler material, I will bore you with a graph of Catalina March rain… Continue reading Blue skies back; some more of that Catalina rain climo, March this time
Catalina February rain climo
Its been February for awhile, Groundhog Day has passed without incident, and I suppose some climatological information might be of interest. February has the highest average rainfall of any WINTER month, though it has come up short in promise so far with a big fat zero. The models tell us that there is still a… Continue reading Catalina February rain climo
Some more of that Catalina climo
Here is a 35 year record showing what days have had measurable rain in January. Sometimes “singularities” in weather show up in these kinds of charts of tempearture or precipitation, such as the “January thaw” that seems to occur with some regularity in the East but is “unexplained.” You would be looking at our chart… Continue reading Some more of that Catalina climo
31 hundredths and counting; December total for Catalina now 2.59 inches (normal, 1.72 inches), Seattle has only had 0.25 inches this month! We had more last night than Seattle has had all month! Planet, CPC, out of control!
Pretty excited there in that title, and haven’t had that much coffee yet. Whenever strange weather occurs, I always like to kid friends who might ask, “What’s causing this strange weather?”, and say that the best explanation is that the “planet is out of control.” hahahah. Oh, well, its the best I can… Continue reading 31 hundredths and counting; December total for Catalina now 2.59 inches (normal, 1.72 inches), Seattle has only had 0.25 inches this month! We had more last night than Seattle has had all month! Planet, CPC, out of control!
Before the rain: some more of that Catalina climo
Rain on Monday. But for now, THIS (click on it to get the “full monty”): The End
Catalina summer rainfall 1977-2010: there is no trend
OK, no fooling around today with HUGE text boxes with book length ramblings, just the facts: Catalina inches of summer rain These data again mostly due to the friendly folks Wayne and Jenny down at Our Garden here in Catalina. Since they are open today, Saturday, it would be great if you went down and… Continue reading Catalina summer rainfall 1977-2010: there is no trend
Seattle comes to Catalina
Yes, if you’re from Seattle or the west side of the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, you are going to feel especially at home today. Its dark, even with the sun up, low ceilings and visibility, steady light rain mixed with snow, temperatures in the mid 30s to low 40s, well, that’s home… Continue reading Seattle comes to Catalina