Pretty skies; pretty Cirrus

Here are some shots:   The weather ahead Tried to find some rain for you in the models, but only one had rain, and that was the low resolution (big grid spacing) Canadian GEM model posted here.  It had the  rainy panel (lower right) for SE Arizona calculated from last evening’s global data:    … Continue reading Pretty skies; pretty Cirrus

Some more of that Catalina climo

Here is a 35 year record showing what days have had measurable rain in January.  Sometimes “singularities” in weather show up in these kinds of charts of tempearture or precipitation, such as the “January thaw” that seems to occur with some regularity in the East but is “unexplained.”  You would be looking at our chart… Continue reading Some more of that Catalina climo

Cirrus uncinus display; the tops of storms made visible

First, some instructional material:  You should be looking for your camera now, as seen in the first shot! Those Cirrus clouds to the SW are moving at you rapidly (95 kts, 115 mph at 30-35 Kft ASL!), and so there’s not much time!  In this first shot you can already detect some Cirrus uncinus, Cirrus… Continue reading Cirrus uncinus display; the tops of storms made visible