Lotta high temperature records falling in Arizona lately, info courtesy of U of WA Husky researcher, Mark Albright’s web page here. Arizona daily record temperatures and precipitation SXUS75 KPSR 150830 RERPSR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 130 AM MST FRI MAR 15 2013 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AT PHOENIX AND YUMA… A… Continue reading Likes to be troughy but isn’t
Category: Local climate
“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
July 2012: 15 days with measurable rain (with three traces); adds up to 4.45 inches!
And we were one of the drier areas! Many places around us were between 5-10 inches this July making it a pretty memorable one and the 6th wettest July in Catalina since 1977. Here’s the list of those wettest for Catalina: 1. July 2006 7.22 inches 11 days with measurable rain 2. July… Continue reading July 2012: 15 days with measurable rain (with three traces); adds up to 4.45 inches!
Trendless summer rains, and a look at what June has to offer
OK, cooling off now after yesterday’s rant (which somehow I just now notice has the wrong published date!), emotions now pretty much drained…. After noting that our cool season rains have oscillated into a drier spell from a very wet one over the past 35 years, it seemed like looking at what has happened to… Continue reading Trendless summer rains, and a look at what June has to offer
Let’s talk about May
Now in a really good web site about weather, clouds and climate, we would have talked about May around the first of May. But let’s face it, this site really isn’t that great. So now we’ll talk about the climate of May on May 11th. Below is the rain frequency climate, such as it is,… Continue reading Let’s talk about May
Epilogue to historic storm; your broken records
Here, thanks to weather pal and researcher, Mark Albright, at the University of Washington, the low temperature and precip records set during our recent historic storm. Cloudcast Unfortunately, the next few weeks, it appears, will be characterized by only chances of clouds, not rain, and mostly high ones at that. Middle clouds like… Continue reading Epilogue to historic storm; your broken records