Let us first begin first by NOT exulting too much over our own rain, but let us revel in that rain that has fallen in the Plains. New Mexico, too. From WSI Intellicast this beauty for the past 7 days: Below is our national drought status at the onset of the week above (for July… Continue reading A little rain overnight! 0.09 inches!
Category: Cumulonimbus clouds
Pretty and tall Cumulus, early showers and thunder, but, alas, a rain dud here
“Alas”, now there’s a word to don’t see every day…probably a little stiff from laying around so long. Those Cumulus that shot up over the Catalinas early yesterday morning were a magnificent sight, and so full of promise. And while thunder was heard here just after 11 AM here in Sutherland Heights-Catalina, the showers just… Continue reading Pretty and tall Cumulus, early showers and thunder, but, alas, a rain dud here
Thunderheads cross border, enter Arizona again
Its not a motorcycle gang, though it would be a good name for one comprised of meteorologists. Don’t think that’s gonna happen. If you were watching carefully, and you had no radar capability on your smart phone, you could have still detected the presence of clouds producing rain. Here’s what they looked like, in a… Continue reading Thunderheads cross border, enter Arizona again
A photogenic day, lots of action around, but not much rain here (0.01 inches)
Great rainshowers pummeled a few nearby areas yesterday; Horseshoe Bend just NE of Saddlebrooke, got 0.75 inches yesterday with another little pulse of water coming down the CDO later. But once again Nature bobbed a rainy apple in front of us, only to jerk it away, to mix metaphors royally. BTW, has there been a… Continue reading A photogenic day, lots of action around, but not much rain here (0.01 inches)
The Saddlebrooke mash down; 2.48 inches in under two hours! Flow in the CDO!
Still a chance, a small one for a shower today, before it dries out for a few days. Mods pretty sure about rain on the Cats this afternoon, which is good. Should be a very photogenic day, with nice shots of more isolated thunderblasters. With that out of the way…let us reprise yesterday, the good… Continue reading The Saddlebrooke mash down; 2.48 inches in under two hours! Flow in the CDO!
The Lemmon cloud factory; smokin’ yesterday
The first t yesterday, from growing clouds topping Mt; Lemmon was at 9:30 AM, the earliest such event of the summer. Cumulus that grew immediately into Cumulonimbus clouds, then one cell after another in a continuous stream came off Mt Lemmon with no breaks in the dark bases above the spawning area. Had never seen… Continue reading The Lemmon cloud factory; smokin’ yesterday
They would be giants
Cloud bases were very warm again yesterday, 15-20 C (59-68 F) paving the way for thunderstorm rainfalls similar to those seen in the Southeast US, inches in an hour or so. Didn’t happen locally, but just to the north of us toward Park Links Road and up toward the Florence area, likely happened as one… Continue reading They would be giants
A morning surprise; 0.22 inches here doubles the July total
At least it wasn’t predicted the day before, but how nice to see a “mesoscale convective complex1” (a bunch Cumulonimbus clouds clustered together) come roaring over the Cat Mountains yesterday morning. Here it is, in case you missed it and want to see it again, from the beginning when what was going to happen was… Continue reading A morning surprise; 0.22 inches here doubles the July total
Catalina summer rain climo (again)
Running out of material, which is quite interesting because I haven’t been doing much, so am reprising these…. We had a little uptick in rainfall last year mostly due to that four and half inches in July. Very nice. No trend is evident in the summer rainfall here, global warming aside. When it falls in… Continue reading Catalina summer rain climo (again)
0.52 inches here, 1 to 1.5 inches on the CDO upper watershed; will it run?
May take Jake Horse out to see if the Sutherland Wash is running, anyway, if the CDO is not running here in Catalina. Thunderstorms (at least 4 separate ones yesterday), with hail, graupel, wind, rain; what a nice day for Catalinans and our environs. Lightning was still visible as of 7:52 PM last evening, and… Continue reading 0.52 inches here, 1 to 1.5 inches on the CDO upper watershed; will it run?