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.

Large pileus of Cumulus featured

As well as some shots of that violent blast that hit the CDO HS and the area around Concordia Ave.  One ALERT gauge reported 1.34 inches!  Nice.  The uprooting of trees wasn’t so nice, however. Sutherland Heights whiffed again on rain, except for that little sprinkle just after 8 PM, sad to say. AZ mod… Continue reading Large pileus of Cumulus featured

Some recent clouds I have known; updating “not pubbed” list

  The End (of the cloud discussion) New “not pubbed” item: I’ve added RViewpoint_10-24-06_submitted date Aug 31, 2006_final, something that’s been sitting around for years!   Spent a lot of time writing it, but ultimately deemed it a hopeless task that it would be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteor.  Soc. under then current… Continue reading Some recent clouds I have known; updating “not pubbed” list

Quarter incher (updated; then updated some more with clickable images! You can read stuff now!)

Its not a McDonald’s product, but rather a reference to yesterday’s rain total here in the Sutherland Heights, but maybe there will be some extra blog  “drive bys” of people looking to order a small meal… Yesterday’s 0.26 inches was only the second day in 39 years that measurable rain has fallen on June 10th… Continue reading Quarter incher (updated; then updated some more with clickable images! You can read stuff now!)

A day of cloud magnificence and error

Morning thunder, evening thunder; 0.84 inches of rain, 1-2 inches in the mountains, with some of the most dramatic skies and shocking cloud changes ever seen (by me).  “But,  hey, enough of ‘me’, lets get on with the ‘shockumentary’”,  as Rob Reiner might say. Scene 1: Its morning.  A horsey ride has been planned with… Continue reading A day of cloud magnificence and error

Lucky snap; studies in orange

From the past three days, these: In other news….. Record July rains are falling in much of the coastal and intermediate valleys of southern California as the pathetic remnant of once proud Category FOUR hurricane Dolores makes landfall there today.  Places like San Diego have had well over an inch, unheard of in July.  August,… Continue reading Lucky snap; studies in orange

Moving along; rain to fall in early March (a lot of it)

In fact, the chance of MEASURABLE rain in Catalina is at least 100%, maybe as high as 300%,  between 5 AM AST, Sunday, March 1st and 5 AM, AST, March 4th.  Namely,  its gonna happen. Now, its not gonna rain that whole time, likely starting later in the day on the 1st. Pretty darn exciting… Continue reading Moving along; rain to fall in early March (a lot of it)

Another repeat of a late bloom again; upper air ridge, summer rain pattern, to stay secure for remainder of month

Worn out from yesterday, which resembled the day before with the late “bloom” of fabulously photogenic Cumulonimbus clouds, much lightning, and an equally fabulous sunset. Took too many photos (200 plus I think) kind of out of control, due to excessive excitement again; hard drive filling up.  Locating brain now in this cup of coffee.… Continue reading Another repeat of a late bloom again; upper air ridge, summer rain pattern, to stay secure for remainder of month

Late bloomers; Canadians forecasting wet spell just ahead

Yesterday was interesting because Mr. Cloud Maven person1 gave up on ANY rain around here as late as 5:30 PM yesterday, when the sky was punctuated by only Cumulus mediocris clouds.  Sure,  there were large, and quite pretty Cumulonimbi to the NW-NE over the distant high terrain, but it seemed Ms. Lemmon could not take… Continue reading Late bloomers; Canadians forecasting wet spell just ahead

Ka-blam! 1.07 inches, most of it in half an hour.

The late afternoon yesterday was like a Carpenter’s song, i.e., “easy listening” interrupted by Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, Black Flag, Helloween, The English Dogs (“She Kicked Me in the Head and Left Me for Dead”), etc. A day filled with moderately promising Cumulus congestus and brief area Cumulonimbus clouds, was suddenly overrun by a black steam… Continue reading Ka-blam! 1.07 inches, most of it in half an hour.