See for yourself: Our persistent easterly flow is dragging smoke that circulated from the Pac NW and MT fires into AZ since that smoke was circulated southward into the southern Plains States as we saw in those back trajectories from a couple of days ago. Some Cumulonimbus clouds are foretold to develop in the region… Continue reading Ugh continues in southern AZ
Category: Cumulus clouds
Nice sunset again yesterday; local tortoise crosses road unharmed
Giant homework assignments (i.e., controversial cloud seeding manuscripts for journals) seem to go on and on, and so can’t really talk clouds and stuff so much, with all the usual obligations of living (e.g., like vacuuming, washing windows, pulling some weeds, but not too many for habitat saving purposes, removing a pernicious, spreading hybrid cactus… Continue reading Nice sunset again yesterday; local tortoise crosses road unharmed
Post includes rainbow photos for popularity’s sake; 0.14 inches of rain (what other “inches” of something would it be?) dampens Sutherland Heights
Nothing much else here of too much interest except the usual cloud blabber… haha Looks like another day for a chance of rain late…. The End
Powering up
Not much going on lately, so will dip into the archives from two days ago. One cloud in particular was so spectacular in its defiance of gravity, rocketing upward the morning of the 4th. So here are shots from that day… 6:46 AM, Aug. 4: The day began with a pretty normal looking patch of… Continue reading Powering up
‘Nuf said
Now, that’s pretty funny. We specialize here in too much said! Its a niche thing. Of course, not enough can be said about our past July. Take a look: This, of course, was a new July rainfall record for Catalina/Sutherland Heights going back to 1977, anyway. Had to adjust vertical axis of this chart, too. … Continue reading ‘Nuf said
Sutherland Height residents rejoice and grouse over drought and road bustin’, super local, 3.36 inch “toad strangler”
“Frog strangler”, folk expression from the South for extra heavy rains, btw, which is what we had, except we have toads, not frogs. Here’s what I think happened to produce 3.36 inches on Sutherland Heights. The winds were from the east at cloud levels. Cumulus spawned off the Catalinas/Mt Lemmon area, but the wind shear… Continue reading Sutherland Height residents rejoice and grouse over drought and road bustin’, super local, 3.36 inch “toad strangler”
Your cloud dairy for May 9th
Haha, most readers won’t even notice! But maybe some cow-centric, instead of cloud-centric, folks will drop by, raising the worth of this blog to above $35 if sold….that according to a “biz” site. Had a rainbow yesterday. Hope you noticed. It was pretty early and overhead west. I think the clouds did not have ice… Continue reading Your cloud dairy for May 9th
galaxy-like storm pinwheels toward Catalina; 0.32 inches of RAIN logged so far
At this hour, a small, pin-wheeling, galaxy-like vortex is drifting toward Catalina. Last night the town was ravaged by 0.30 inches of rain and winds to 50 mph around 2 AM as one of its pin-wheeling bands came through, likely with a big arcus cloud fronting it. This was the first measurable rain in Catalina… Continue reading galaxy-like storm pinwheels toward Catalina; 0.32 inches of RAIN logged so far
Sprinkly clouds passed over during night; check dusty cars for drop craters and evidence of a trace of rain
Honestly, I gave up on the chance of rain overnight into this morning at sunset yesterday due to the absolutely clear skies. And, like you, woke up to not one cloud within a 100 miles! How could this be, given the synoptic situation? Started slicing apples for some humble pie, but then, when looking… Continue reading Sprinkly clouds passed over during night; check dusty cars for drop craters and evidence of a trace of rain
High cold ones, and lots of patterns in a complex sky
In particular, those Altocumulus clouds, “cold” Cirrocumulus (ones that transform to ice immediately), and those “Altocumulocirrus” clouds combining with scenes of “regular” cirriform clouds. Lots of interesting sights to have seen yesterday. All these the result of marginal moisture aloft and strong winds, up around 100 mph at the highest Cirrus levels. Let us begin… Continue reading High cold ones, and lots of patterns in a complex sky