The End (of the cloud discussion) New “not pubbed” item: I’ve added RViewpoint_10-24-06_submitted date Aug 31, 2006_final, something that’s been sitting around for years! Spent a lot of time writing it, but ultimately deemed it a hopeless task that it would be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteor. Soc. under then current… Continue reading Some recent clouds I have known; updating “not pubbed” list
Category: Cumulonimbus clouds
Wipeout! Shaft winds weaken before arriving, aren’t able to push clouds up much
Surfaris. Except it wasn’t funny. This song begins with a mocking laugh. Well, maybe “mocking” is correct. Used 90 min of video on an “incoming” yesterday, thinking we’d get shafted pretty good as a thin line of heavy Cumulus congestus transitioning to Cumulonimbus passed over, maybe a quarter or more of an inch from both… Continue reading Wipeout! Shaft winds weaken before arriving, aren’t able to push clouds up much
Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes
Some apocalyptic cloud scenes can be Cumulus that explode suddenly into Cumulonimbus, and Cumulonimbus clouds with their foreboding (unless you live in a desert) rain shafts, and their predecessor shelf clouds like “swirly dark Stratocumulus”, and arcus clouds, the latter, a lower line of clouds just above and a little behind the wind shift at… Continue reading Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes
Quarter incher (updated; then updated some more with clickable images! You can read stuff now!)
Its not a McDonald’s product, but rather a reference to yesterday’s rain total here in the Sutherland Heights, but maybe there will be some extra blog “drive bys” of people looking to order a small meal… Yesterday’s 0.26 inches was only the second day in 39 years that measurable rain has fallen on June 10th… Continue reading Quarter incher (updated; then updated some more with clickable images! You can read stuff now!)
Passages: an upper low one on the 18th disappoints; today is the 20th
I got behind…. Lot of great scenes on the 18th, but, ultimately with hopes raised for appreciable measurable rain in Catalina, it was a disappointing day. Nice temperatures, though, for May if you’re a temperature person. Only a sprinkle fell (4:15 PM), and if you weren’t outside walking the dogs you would NEVER have noticed… Continue reading Passages: an upper low one on the 18th disappoints; today is the 20th
“The Magnificent Seven” (minute storm); 0.13 inches!
A reference to yesterday’s seven minutes of mayhem here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights; alludes to but an old 1980s song by the English punk band, The Clash about really bad weathermen: “one says sun, one says sleet1.” Back to weather and yesterday’s microburst with three minutes of sheets of unbelievably heavy rain with rice-sized hail, 50-60… Continue reading “The Magnificent Seven” (minute storm); 0.13 inches!
Rain follows the jet
0.02 inches of it, anyway, as the core of the jet stream at 18,000 feet or so passed by Catalina yesterday afternoon. Keep your eye on the orange and reddish streak in these progs from IPS MeteoStar yesterday morning beginning at 5 AM AST and how it slides over us as the clouds began to… Continue reading Rain follows the jet
Western drought status: before and after the Big Niño erupted
“BN”, sometimes referred to in the media as the, “Godzilla Niño” of 15-16. Before, one year ago, the drought status as presented by the National Drought Monitor folks there in Cornhuskerland, Lincoln, NE: First, a legend, no, not a story, though we could write one, “The Legend of the Ghost Niño of 2015-16“, but rather… Continue reading Western drought status: before and after the Big Niño erupted
“Tweener” era begins today after pre-dawn sprinkles; one photo has birds in it
We’ll have to suffer through a few days for the next storm, i. e., experience sunny weather with pleasant temperatures. Its amazing that people all over America come to Tucson to experience sunny days with pleasant temperatures! 0.45 inches total in The Heights of Catalina in this latest round of rain, sounds of rain. Actually,… Continue reading “Tweener” era begins today after pre-dawn sprinkles; one photo has birds in it
Raining in puddle just ahead, but not on car; also, a horse picture
This was amazing. I approach one of the puddles on Equestrian Trail. I see that its raining HARD in the puddle. I am only 20 feet from it, but its not raining on my car! Here’s what that scene looked like: How could this be? Of course, we’ve all seen heavy rain on the road… Continue reading Raining in puddle just ahead, but not on car; also, a horse picture