Category: Ice crystals

Cold slam

That’s your weather forecast for today.  There’s nothing you can do about it.  Why go on about it? Next, these from yesterday–was under control, only took 127 photos.  Every thousand or so shots I take is NOT of a cloud, and yesterday there were two exceptions, which I will post here as an anomaly; a… Continue reading Cold slam

Creepin’ Cirrus; pedantry on display

“Storms” at 30,000 feet, single ice crystals falling from various varieties and species of Cirrus clouds.  That’s about all we got for “weather” in the next few days as Cirrus creeps up from the tropics into Arizona.  But those Cirrus produce great sunrises and sunsets, so have camera ready.  And while not much is happening,… Continue reading Creepin’ Cirrus; pedantry on display

“The Seeds of Uncinus”; a review

Starring Justin Bieber as Harry Potter in the upcoming 12th Harry Potter movie, the musical…. (There, that should grab some attention.  But then people would be disappointed, maybe mad, but still they might see something here about Cirrus uncinus clouds that they didn’t know before.) Had some great Cirrus uncinus clouds yesterday!  I was not… Continue reading “The Seeds of Uncinus”; a review

Flatlined

The recording raingauge, that is. A coupla drops is all that fell here in Catalina after some indications of cores around us later yesterday afternoon that were producing measurable rain. You can go to the U of AZ rainlog site to see some local amounts–the Pima County ALERT site is down right now. They’ll have… Continue reading Flatlined

Lots of bluster, little rain except at Sutherland Heights where 0.39 inches fell last evening

Another day with hours of thunder, but with those high and cold cloud bases, not much rain reached the ground. Also hurting the rain situation, too much ice.  An afternoon sprinkle, a very close, rogue lightning strike, followed by an early nighttime “chaser” storm that, with all of its bluster, wind and vivid lightning, produced only… Continue reading Lots of bluster, little rain except at Sutherland Heights where 0.39 inches fell last evening

Thundery trace; expect more than that today

(A note:  I am not getting WYSIWYG in what I am writing and what is posted in WP.  This is SO FRUSTRATING!  True I am a bit of an amateur at WP,  but those spaghetti plots that start the blog are SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE END OF IT as I see them in the… Continue reading Thundery trace; expect more than that today

Late bloomers and a dry day; but plentiful rains dead ahead

Here’s a brief reprise of yesterday in photos.  Expect a similar day today, late rising Cu over the Catalinas, isolated Cumulonimbus off on the horizon, probably NW-NE over the Mogollon Rim, and to the distant SE-S. None are expected to make it here.                          … Continue reading Late bloomers and a dry day; but plentiful rains dead ahead

Spinning on down from Glasgow to Rocky Point, a low

This is pretty interesting; don’t see this happen too often where a lobe of low breaks off and spins from Montana, back toward the south-southwest to pretty much over Rocky Point, MX, as you will see in this past 48 h water vapor loop.  In a water vapor loop, you pretty much see all that the… Continue reading Spinning on down from Glasgow to Rocky Point, a low

Clouds of yore, well, those on Thursday, April 26th

Kind of got distracted with chores after the big trip to NC and didn’t get to this until today…    If you can remember as far back as April 26th, we had a “FROPA” (“frontal passage” in weatherspeak) that day.   The U of A weather model indicated beforehand that the bases of the clouds… Continue reading Clouds of yore, well, those on Thursday, April 26th