Lotta high temperature records falling in Arizona lately, info courtesy of U of WA Husky researcher, Mark Albright’s web page here. Arizona daily record temperatures and precipitation SXUS75 KPSR 150830 RERPSR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 130 AM MST FRI MAR 15 2013 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AT PHOENIX AND YUMA… A… Continue reading Likes to be troughy but isn’t
Category: Climate issues
A little water running in the Sutherland Wash; remembering the CDO in 2010
With no rain in sight now, and its looking more and more like a third late winter and spring in a row with precip below normal (there’s only been one other “three in a row” in our 36 years of Catalina records), I thought would pay homage to the Great 2010 13 Day Run of… Continue reading A little water running in the Sutherland Wash; remembering the CDO in 2010
Climate kerfluffle reprised in southern hemisphere
With no rain in sight, and only modest temperature fluctuations ahead, some reading material is presented to you today with commentary today, a “soapbox day.” Cloud photos from yesterday are at the bottom if you want to skip to that and avoid thinking about things because its too early in the morning to get riled… Continue reading Climate kerfluffle reprised in southern hemisphere
Massing bases, smiling faces
Yesterday’s surprise thunderstorm, rolling off the Catalinas, provided relief with 0.22 inches here. More rain tables/maps here and here. This sight in the first shot, showing it in the formation stage yesterday, was cause for joy: Due to global warming-induced extra heat over the past few days here, as all extra heat must be automatically assigned (go… Continue reading Massing bases, smiling faces
Official climatologist blasts “educated fools” for mischaracterizing “Arizony”
This just in! Well….I didn’t see it until just now, so its kind of “just in”, the input domain smaller than one usually thinks of when you hear the phrase, “this just in!” Please begin reading at the second paragraph, which discusses prejudice. It seems some people were carelessly calling Arizona a desert! Checking your… Continue reading Official climatologist blasts “educated fools” for mischaracterizing “Arizony”
More flaming Cirrus; Dark Ages of climate science upon us?
More flaming cirrus this morning, perhaps reminding us of the ascension of the temperature later this morning. In some photographic razzle dazzle, two photos have BOTH clouds and THE MOON! The IR sat image loop makes it appear that we may have these kinds of clouds for at least a couple of days. Below, I… Continue reading More flaming Cirrus; Dark Ages of climate science upon us?
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!
“Los Angeles” Catalina
Got a little homesick yesterday looking at the white sky, the barely visible mountains in the distance, like Twin Peaks, eyes a little teary, not from sadness so much, but from smog and smoke. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley you know, Reseda. Lots of smog there at times, though not as much as… Continue reading “Los Angeles” Catalina
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!