Should be some good rain today in Catalina, FINALLY! Thinking maybe half an inch or so over the next 24 h, something decent, as tropical air drains o northward and over us out of tropical storm remnant, Roslyn (“Rozzi”). Clouds and weather interruption: Due to the name of our weather-affecting tropical storm, Roslyn, I am… Continue reading Rainbows and sunsets; also, fall weather coming in October!
Category: Rainbows
A September thunder, rainbow, and interesting cloud extravaganza (i. e., too many cloud photos for one day but it deserved it)
Welcome to one of the great cloud blogs of our time today, great as in volume, not in eloquence or anything like that. \ A humorous final note: Here are two model runs only 6 h apart from last evening. The first one, from 5 PM AST global data, valid on the 26th, brings that… Continue reading A September thunder, rainbow, and interesting cloud extravaganza (i. e., too many cloud photos for one day but it deserved it)
Raining in puddle just ahead, but not on car; also, a horse picture
This was amazing. I approach one of the puddles on Equestrian Trail. I see that its raining HARD in the puddle. I am only 20 feet from it, but its not raining on my car! Here’s what that scene looked like: How could this be? Of course, we’ve all seen heavy rain on the road… Continue reading Raining in puddle just ahead, but not on car; also, a horse picture
Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Some rain fell about this time in Catalina. Not enough to darken the pavement completely at any time. The main thing to take away from that hour of very light rain is that it was not “drizzle” as even some errant meteorologists call such sprinkles. You will be permanently banned from attending any future meetings… Continue reading Traces of rain and a Lemmon rainbow
Pre-dawn thunderama raises rain total to 0.49 inches
in Sutherland Heights, that is. but 1.58 inches (!) over there by Tangerine and Oracle Road: Yesterday’s clouds; pretty spectacular stuff The remainder of the photos were taken at various times during the day, except as noted:
Rain below running a little below average; rainbow above average
At 0.77 inches, and only 0.01 inches yesterday, Sutherland Heights is running a little behind our July rainfall average amount for the 13th of about an inch. But, we had an “above average”, really quite spectacular, long-lasting rainbow yesterday. Hope you caught it. U of AZ mod run from 06Z (11 PM AST)… Continue reading Rain below running a little below average; rainbow above average
Rainbow “warrior”
This first one grumbled a bit, sent a bolt or two earthward last evening. Dropped a quarter inch on Ms. Lemmon. Hope you caught these brief scenes from two modest Cumulonimbus clouds: Spurred from hibernation by these scenes somewhat like the flying ants we have around here by a good rain , AND by the… Continue reading Rainbow “warrior”
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)
Frosty, the Lemmon
When one first encounters this title with its unexpected play on words, we wonder what the author had in mind. Of course, most of us know that at Christmastime, we are often regaled by a Christmas tune called, “Frosty the Snowman1“. But here, we are surprised as we continue reading the title that instead… Continue reading Frosty, the Lemmon
Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe
Had another rainbow from those cloud “warriors” we call Cumulonimbus on the Catalinas. But, “If traces are your thing, Catalina is king!” as we recorded but a trace of rain again while soaking rains poured down just a couple of miles away on the Catalinas, to form a sentence with too much punctuation and a… Continue reading Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe