Due to some kind of server meltdown, the NOAA spaghetti plots, better, “Lorenz plots” in honor of “Dr. Chaos”, Edward N. Lorenz, the ones my fans1 like so much, have not been available. But they’re back today! But what are they telling us? Gander this for Christmas Day: Don’t need to tell you that the… Continue reading Spaghetti is back!
Category: Cirrostratus
Cloudy with Stratocumulus; 0.11 inches in the bucket so far
Here’s your cloud day for yesterday, a fairly complex day for your cloud diary entries: Intermittent R- to R– expected during the day today. Hoping for a quarter inch (forecast to friends early yesterday morning, 0.225 inches; will be ecstatic if more falls. Latest AZ mod has about that amount here, and over… Continue reading Cloudy with Stratocumulus; 0.11 inches in the bucket so far
Late morning cold slam
Its not a breakfast at a restaurant chain, but a sharp cold front passage later this morning, say between 10 AM and Noon. Should be pretty interesting. Temperature will drop about 10 F in an hour. Expecting/hoping, too, for a little measurable rain with this “FROPA” (frontal passage in weatherspeak). The brisk winds, as… Continue reading Late morning cold slam
Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
In case you missed the pretty sights of yesterday: The clouds and weather just ahead… Continue reading Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
Water vapor molecules set to increase; mid-August chance of rain, too
I wasn’t going to blog today, but rather than disappoint my reader, and seeing a ooupla photos that were kind of nice, I pushed through the laziness. I hope you’re happy now…. Also, humid air is pushing up from the S today, and while it hasn’t gotten here yet (dewpoint here in Sutherland Heights next… Continue reading Water vapor molecules set to increase; mid-August chance of rain, too
FROPA! (plus some corrections in red….)
2:26 AM, Catalina: S- (light snow), 33.9 F, 0.01 inches so far. Precip not registering on Wunderground map site for some reason. 3:20 AM: S– (very light snow), 34.8 F. Temperature beginning to recover following precip, snow almost over, just a “skiff”, 0.3 inches. 6:20 AM: Total now a measly 0.02 inches, less than expected,… Continue reading FROPA! (plus some corrections in red….)
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
Cirrus altocumulus castellano-floccogenitus
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
Cloudy with snow above 15,000 feet
On deck, this cloud stream for today, as presented by the University of Washington Huskies Weather Department. As you will see, the whole stream rotating around that low off southern California has been thickening up overnight, a process that will continue, and so it looks like it will be a frequently gray day with Altocumulus,… Continue reading Cloudy with snow above 15,000 feet