Two maybe three sprinkles occurred in the early afternoon between 1:30 and 2:40 PM for a total accumulation of “trace.” The first from our very own Catalina cloud street off Ms. Lemon. Here it is in mid-afternoon when it was was still right over us, but the clouds in it not tall enough, as earlier,… Continue reading Tracey day
Category: Cumulonimbus clouds
Rainbow? Or, after THAT storm, was it the “‘Arc’ of the Convenant”?
What an amazing, Biblical sight1 that came across the Catalina Mountains yesterday evening, that shaft of intense rain and attendant rainbow! After a day where it looked like rain might not happen here, those earlier Cumulus clouds being pretty lazy really, this behemoth powered across Tucson and the Catalina Mountains dropping 0.56 inches in momentarily… Continue reading Rainbow? Or, after THAT storm, was it the “‘Arc’ of the Convenant”?
“Feint” rainbow
For a few minutes yesterday afternoon, it looked like some unexpected rain was trucking over the Cat Mountains from the east-northeast late yesterday afternoon. No one could blame you for getting your hopes up and misleading your neighborhood by saying it might rain in half an hour. Those clouds rolling in from the Catalinas (shown… Continue reading “Feint” rainbow
Long distance Cumulonimbus top; cloud review for yesterday, and, big day tomorrow?
The only good Cumulonimbus (Cb) clouds seem to be occurring north of Golder Ranch Drive, about a 100 miles north. which of course, astronomically speaking is actually quite close. Yesterday, with no intervening clouds, it was another chance to see how far can you see the top of a Cb, then use the NWS radar… Continue reading Long distance Cumulonimbus top; cloud review for yesterday, and, big day tomorrow?
July 2012: 15 days with measurable rain (with three traces); adds up to 4.45 inches!
And we were one of the drier areas! Many places around us were between 5-10 inches this July making it a pretty memorable one and the 6th wettest July in Catalina since 1977. Here’s the list of those wettest for Catalina: 1. July 2006 7.22 inches 11 days with measurable rain 2. July… Continue reading July 2012: 15 days with measurable rain (with three traces); adds up to 4.45 inches!
Another big day; scattered amounts around us of more than THREE inches again; we only got 0.18 inches!
Trying to be excited for those around us who got all that rain yesterday while we received a paltry 0.18 inches here in the upper reaches of Catalina. Still it was another good little rain for our local desert. The 24 h rolling archive from Pima County rainfall gages is here. Most seen here? 2.01 inches… Continue reading Another big day; scattered amounts around us of more than THREE inches again; we only got 0.18 inches!
Every which way but here
Of course, alluding today in the title to the great western movie with John Wayne… Every which way you looked yesterday afternoon, there was a great rainshaft. 1.85 inches fell in one hour at Picture Rocks Community Center yesterday afternoon, 2.01 inches total. Several stations around the county had another 1-2 inches yesterday. You can… Continue reading Every which way but here
On a clear day you can see Flagstaff
Of course, you can’t see the TOWN of Flagstaff, you silly person, the title was just a hook to get you here to read about clouds! The earth curves too much for you to see Flagstaff, for Pete’s Sake. How could you even imagine that such a title could be true? But, you CAN see… Continue reading On a clear day you can see Flagstaff
“Curve ball” of a Cumulonimbus strikes out Catalina again
It looked like it was coming straight down the middle. I didn’t see any rotation on it. It was coming toward ME… and to Catalina. We were going to get “shafted”, rain shafted that is, at last! I started taking video, shooting numerous still shots of the mammoth-behemoth, churning, tropical-like, boiling-roiling Cumulonimbus cloud rolling in… Continue reading “Curve ball” of a Cumulonimbus strikes out Catalina again
Grazed and confused
Man, its tough to get rain here sometimes. Not sure why we seem to be in a death zone for Cumulonimbus clouds lately. Yesterday, a really great shower plodded toward Catalina and only to fade on the east side, and propagate off to the west and over the Tortolita Mountains (veered down the sideline, in… Continue reading Grazed and confused