This is the best I could do, in examining the several model outputs over the past 24 h. Below is the very wettest forecast panel that popped out for southern Arizona during the past 24 h. The panel below is from yesterday’s 18 Z (11 AM AST) global data and is for the evening of… Continue reading Less data, more filling
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A little “troughy” here on Saturday and Sunday
Best chance for rain here, and its not that great, is later Saturday and Sunday AM as an upper level trough comes by, one that includes that bit of poor Paul, who died at sea. Here’s what that trough looks like when its about over Catalina at 8 AM Sunday morning, this map due to… Continue reading A little “troughy” here on Saturday and Sunday
Rain “puddles” still on model highway
..like the continuing puddles of water we see on a hot day in the distance on the road. So, in the model outputs of late, there have been a couple of rainy “puddles” for southern Arizona on the horizon, 10 days out and more. Still too far out to be reliable; they might “dry up”,… Continue reading Rain “puddles” still on model highway
A Stratocumulus Monday
Yesterday gave us “Catalonians” the perfect example of Stratocumulus clouds. But why didn’t it rain from those dark clouds, save a few drops, maybe even a brief drizzle episode that mostly moved across Saddlebrooke around 9 AM? Those Stratocumulus clouds were GENERALLY not cold enough at cloud top to have ice crystals form in… Continue reading A Stratocumulus Monday