What a day, Mr. and Mrs. Catalina! Not as good as a rain day with lightning, but yesterday did have its moments in the sky, enough to make the astrologers on Mt. Lemmon jealous with displays of parhelia (“sun dogs”, or “mock suns”), faint haloes, a rare parhelic circle, something you don’t see but once… Continue reading Ice optics extravaganza; Cirrus uncinus fallstreifen going in different directions!
Category: Cirrocumulus clouds
Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Altostratus day closes with a painting-like sunset (now updated even more!)
No rain in sight for Catalinans, to get that over with. However, if you’re bored and are thinking about a quickie storm chasing vacation with the family, monster storms, likely to produce newspaper headlines will be smashing the Pac NW in the next few days. Expect to read about flooding and hurricane to 100 mph… Continue reading Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Altostratus day closes with a painting-like sunset (now updated even more!)
Some cloud scenes from yesterday; a forecast map gone awry?
0.07 inches here in Sutherland Heights yesterday afternoon. Much more SW-NW of us, as the photos below show. A predicted super hurricane? I now direct your attention to the forecast maps below, produced by the WRF-GFS model last evening’s global data, courtesy of IPS MeteoStar, the usual. The aforementioned extremely strong hurricane foretold in the… Continue reading Some cloud scenes from yesterday; a forecast map gone awry?
Cirrus enigma; medium-sized Cumulus clouds snow away
First, you should always begin your day, not with the breakfast of champions, but by reviewing the prior day’s clouds in the University of Arizona time lapse movie. Here’s what you will see: Lots of Cirrus, varies species, Altocumulus, Cirrocumulus, a high temperature contrail go through some Cirrocumulus just after 4 PM, and flocks of… Continue reading Cirrus enigma; medium-sized Cumulus clouds snow away
A nice cloud yesterday, not a great cloud yesterday; dramatic day ahead
The clouds were somewhat of a disappointment yesterday, not the stupendous photogenic day CM was expecting. Maybe CM is total fraud, gets Big Oil funding and should be investigated by Rep. Grijalva as other weather folk are, like the great Prof. and National Academy of Sciences Fellow, Dr. Judy Curry, a friend, and about… Continue reading A nice cloud yesterday, not a great cloud yesterday; dramatic day ahead
100-150 mph winds overhead bring pretty patterns in Cirrocumulus clouds; also, an experiment in detecting the phase of clouds
If you thought those high clouds were moving faster than usual, you were right. The winds were about 120 mph at that level, about 28,000 feet above sea level, and just over 150 mph a few thousand feet above that level. You may have noticed two things, if you are good, that there were repeated… Continue reading 100-150 mph winds overhead bring pretty patterns in Cirrocumulus clouds; also, an experiment in detecting the phase of clouds
Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models
1While several inches of model2 rain has occurred in Catalina and in the nearby mountains this month, most of which cloud-maven person has festooned his blog with model panels of, there really hasn’t been any ACTUAL rain. But having said that, there is even MORE model rain ahead, some beginning tomorrow in these parts. Tomorrow’s… Continue reading Not to worry; plenty of model rain still ahead in models
While waiting for R, maybe R+ at times, some thoughts on the Super Bowl
Actually, there are no thoughts about the Super Bowl here. The title was just another cheap attempt to attract a reader that might be both cloud-centric AND a football fan, creating a moneyful increase in web traffic for this blog. Yesterday’s gorgeous cloud patterns1 First you had your Cirrus, the highest of all clouds except… Continue reading While waiting for R, maybe R+ at times, some thoughts on the Super Bowl
Rain continues to fall in Catalina on the 13th
Today is the 9th. Great news! Another decent rain assured now sa the models have converged on rain here on the 12th during a nice, and very sharp cold front passage, those in which the temperature can fall from a toasty 60s to 43 F over an hour along with a withshift to the NW… Continue reading Rain continues to fall in Catalina on the 13th
Unusual patterns in afternoon Cirrus and Cirrocumulus clouds
Started out clear yesterday. Below, an example of that completely clear sky in case you missed it. I think it is interesting that Mark would chose to live as a snowbird in a smog plume rather than here in Catalina where that Tucson smog plume rarely strikes. Its pretty regular down there because the normal… Continue reading Unusual patterns in afternoon Cirrus and Cirrocumulus clouds