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
Category: Fires
“Los Angeles” Catalina
Got a little homesick yesterday looking at the white sky, the barely visible mountains in the distance, like Twin Peaks, eyes a little teary, not from sadness so much, but from smog and smoke. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley you know, Reseda. Lots of smog there at times, though not as much as… Continue reading “Los Angeles” Catalina
Layered smoke, not clouds yesterday
From dawn til dusk, Catalina was plagued by a smoke layer from the fires in western New Mexico, ones you wouldn’t ordinarily think that smoke would get here from. Here is a loop of the water vapor imagery that will show you the air movement from where those fires are to us in Catalina. Also,… Continue reading Layered smoke, not clouds yesterday
Dusty sunset
In case you missed it, due to all the dust, yesterday’s sunset: Moreover, if you go to the NWS Tucson site and the forecast for Catalinaland, you will see icons showing pretty much the same thing for today and tomorrow as is in these photos. It will be interesting to see how deep the dust gets.… Continue reading Dusty sunset
Fires and smoke
Yesterday afternoon smoke from the Gladiator-Crown King and Tonto fires began spreading toward Catalina. Here are a couple of photos taken toward evening. The first photo is of the Gladiator fire plume and the second has the Tonto fire plume on the horizon on the right. You can see a bit of separation between the… Continue reading Fires and smoke