Here they are: ————————- Our desert greening seems to be reaching its peak now, and so it would be nice for you to get out and see it before football day on Saturday and it could start to wilt that bit under our drier conditions. Just after sunrise, and just before sunset, there is some… Continue reading Seeing cloud tops over Prescott from Catalina; Douglas tops 16 inches in summer rain
Category: Cumulonimbus clouds
Better late than never; night storms dump 1.42 inches on Sam Ridge!
If you were awakened last night by thunder, as I was, but then that bit disappointed that not a lot of rain fell, well it did, just not here. In three hours, in the epicenter of those storms, Samaniego Peak got a whopping 1.42 inches, by far the most around, bringing the 24 h total… Continue reading Better late than never; night storms dump 1.42 inches on Sam Ridge!
Stormy weather; 0.42 inches so far
Three thunderstorms with rain here, one overnight, have dumped 0.42 inches here in SH (Sutherland Heights) More is virtually certain. 1.18 inches fell at Horseshoe Bend Road in Saddlebrooke. More reports here and here and here and here, to name a few. Can’t wait for daylight to see how the desert looks. What an interesting… Continue reading Stormy weather; 0.42 inches so far
Mediocre clouds followed by a brilliant sunset
In case you missed it, this eye-candy from last evening as a crepuscular ray highlight some lower Altocumulus below the main layer: Now, for the rest of the day. The Cumulus clouds with tops flattening into Stratocumulus were a bit disappointing, their tops, in a few places, did reach the level where ice would… Continue reading Mediocre clouds followed by a brilliant sunset
Canadian dreams
Note: Images did not show up when posted yet are present in draft; first time for this happenstance in WP. This just in, from last night’s global GEM model run by The Canadians. Using a magnifying glass, you can see that these panels show a tropical storm (now only known as Tropical Depression 12-E) moving… Continue reading Canadian dreams
Thunder-a-plenty, but only a trace
A great immediate sign yesterday of the later cloudscape, if you were outside and not working in a room with no windows, was the early Cumulus rising off Ms. Lemmon. Some places got half inch to an inch, but only a trace fell here amid hours of thunder. Here’s the day: … Continue reading Thunder-a-plenty, but only a trace
Crazy over pileus
Lost control for awhile yesterday evening at sunset as pretty little pileus caps formed repeatedly on top of new Cumulus congestus/Cumulonimbus turrets to the west. It like an entomologist seeing a spotted owl, or some other rare bird like that. You don’t see pileus caps that often, and when you do, you’d better have your… Continue reading Crazy over pileus
Isolated, but “volcanic”
Forgot the nice sunrise and another faint rainbow, two mornings in a row! In case you missed them, again, here they are: While yesterday’s Cumulonimbus clouds were sparse, their “overshooting” tops told you that they had pretty violent updrafts in them, ones that carried the top of the cloud past the tropopause (the boundary… Continue reading Isolated, but “volcanic”
Big shots
First, yesterday’s sunrise rainbow, in case you missed it. “Dumps of the Day”: A little later, this masterpiece of a cloudburst, without doubt one of the most dramatic I have seen in five summers here, or anywhere really. Here’s the sequence:… Continue reading Big shots
Tropical “soft serve” Cumulonimbus clouds sneak up on Catalina, deposit substantial morning rains
Maybe they sneaked up because I wasn’t looking. After posting yesterday just after 5 AM, went out side and looked at the Catalina Mountains, that is those parts I could see through the thick rain shafts, and said, “WHAT!!!?” I was STUNNED to see them; had not even looked at the radar imagery for a… Continue reading Tropical “soft serve” Cumulonimbus clouds sneak up on Catalina, deposit substantial morning rains