Huh, Sounds familiar. Well, 50 shades of gray is a theme here at cloud-maven.com. Those various shades brought 0.02 inches of rain this morning to The Heights. Here are yesterday’s 50 shades: This Altostratus invasion covered the sky within about 15 minutes, and that was it for sun, except some “filtered sun” at times (when… Continue reading 50 actual shades of gray
Category: Lenticular clouds
Morning smog attack
One branch of a seemingly bifurcated plume, spread north along the side of Samaniego Ridge. The other branch appeared to moved out of Tucson to Continental Ranch, “thence” northward toward the east side of the Tortolita Mountains. It’s happened before, but is pretty rare, maybe once a year occurrence. (Took an hour for these first… Continue reading Morning smog attack
Sutherland Heights logs 0.22 inches yesterday; Jan now at 1.32 inches; average is 1.60 inches, water year at 1.71 inches
0.22 inches was, indeed. how much rain fell in the form of drops from Nimbostratus clouds yesterday as a modest little rain band generated by a rapidly moving trough swept through during the afternoon. Regional precip values can be found here. Our local area got the most, up to about a quarter of an inch,… Continue reading Sutherland Heights logs 0.22 inches yesterday; Jan now at 1.32 inches; average is 1.60 inches, water year at 1.71 inches
Sutherland Heights rain: 0.97 inches and counting (as of 9:54 AM)! Thunder, too!
What an amazing and “productive” little rainband that was just after midnight! And more rain is likely with weaker bands just upwind here at 4 AM. Could we really approach an inch? Amazing. Didn’t seem possible in this small mind that we could amass that much. For a full regional rain table, go here to… Continue reading Sutherland Heights rain: 0.97 inches and counting (as of 9:54 AM)! Thunder, too!
Altocumulus in transition; water to ice
I was thinking how great yesterday was for you. Started out with a spectacular sunrise (lasted just a couple of minutes), and then you could watch for pretty much the WHOLE day, orographically-formed Altocumulus opacus and castellanus transition to ice crystal clouds (in this case, Altostratus with virga and some mammatus) right before your eyes!… Continue reading Altocumulus in transition; water to ice
Alien hovercraft or possibly an Altocumulus lenticular cloud excites Catalina residents
I first noticed the craft as I was driving up Golder Ranch Drive. At first I thought it was just an Altocumulus lenticularis… Really didn’t think that much about it. We seem them over there all the time. But it was unusually smooth, I thought, and had a slightly humped up portion on the top… Continue reading Alien hovercraft or possibly an Altocumulus lenticular cloud excites Catalina residents
Sunrise, sunset colors drench Gatalina, AZ; Cal storms reach epic proportions
We’re often confused with the California island, Catalina, and even places in Spain. Google “Catalina” and see if I am lying again. Oh, maybe that was Catalonia, SP… Nevertheless, isn’t it time to think about a new name for our “Census Designated Place”, Catalina? In fact, at one time, each Catalina island and our… Continue reading Sunrise, sunset colors drench Gatalina, AZ; Cal storms reach epic proportions
In case you missed them…a 2008 full moon and, moving ahead, yesterday’s sunrise
From the Cowboys in Laramie, Wyoming, this TUS sounding for yesterday morning in the pre-dawn hours: As the morning wore on, the Altocumulus deck faded away, moving east, and we were left with some Cirrus clouds, but what kind? Well, that was it for photography yesterday. Doesn’t seem to be any reliable indication of… Continue reading In case you missed them…a 2008 full moon and, moving ahead, yesterday’s sunrise
Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016
Not much else to talk about, no rain of course; what is that? But with so many colorful scenes yesterday, we can be partially sated by the lives we lead here sans rain here. October ended with a puny 0.01 inches in Sutherland Heights. Now, because I grew up in California and remain a little… Continue reading Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016
A thunderful day brings a little rain to Catalina, drenches the Tortolita Mountains.
The day started with some nice Altocumulus “pancakus”, some lenticulars and breezy conditions, reminding one of fall day with a cold front approaching. Small Cumulus appeared quickly, but with the wind, you wondered if they would get enough heating to power upward into Cumulonimbus clouds. By noon you had your answer as a large Cumulonimbus… Continue reading A thunderful day brings a little rain to Catalina, drenches the Tortolita Mountains.