…forgetting about the weather immediately ahead, which everyone already knows about so its no fun to talk about: “Yeah, I heard about that already,” your neighbors will say, end of conversation, even if you’re not done if you talk about weather everybody already knows about. Its hurtful, too. It would be better if they pretended… Continue reading Here’s something interesting….
Category: Spaghetti plots
April to have measurable rain in Catalina!
In the meantime, step aside; a cold front is upon us, a dry one, unfortunately. Should arrive by noon, bringing some small Cu here and there, some Stratocu piling up against the Catalinas, and maybe some lingering Altocumulus lenticular clouds which we got right now (4 AM) downwind of the Catalinas. From Intellicast, this nice… Continue reading April to have measurable rain in Catalina!
Last coupla days of March 2016 to feature strong rain threat in Catalina!
Imagine, rain! Yep, that’s right. You heard it first here, right or wrong, as we like to say, over and over again because we can’t think of anything else. After a couple of minutes of intense scrutiny, cloud maven person has decided to wake up and go blogulent that the computer prog showing a huge… Continue reading Last coupla days of March 2016 to feature strong rain threat in Catalina!
“Storm” total climbs to 0.10 inches with latest 0.02 inches!
People were wearing jackets as temperatures got locked down below 80° F the past few days, the wind blew once in a while, sometime lifting baseball caps off “gray hairs”, and gray skies hovered over Sutherland Heights for TWO and a half days! A surprise, few-minute gusher in the early afternoon yesterday was enough to… Continue reading “Storm” total climbs to 0.10 inches with latest 0.02 inches!
Measurable rain to fall in March 2016
…in case you were wondering at this point. Looks like it will be on March 7th. Pretty sure thing at this point, maybe 75%-99% chance of rain here in Catalina, combining “spaghetti1” with other forms of forecasting. 7 AM AST Addendum: Hell, why not go for some amounts due to extra confidence: Min in The… Continue reading Measurable rain to fall in March 2016
The Niño we’ve been waiting for is back at last, thank God!
…in the models, that is, its not HERE yet. I dropped everything I was working on, a kindle-sized science piece, after I saw what is being presented to us today. Wanted to generate some happiness out there; its just who I am, except maybe when I am talking about cloud seeding. Then I get mad… Continue reading The Niño we’ve been waiting for is back at last, thank God!
Now “trending” in spaghetti: an El Niño-style onset of rain during the last week in February (2016)
“Yep, rain’s on the way; yay”, to burst out with a little poetry there. But, it will be awhile before it gets here. See caption below. —————————— Non-meteorological entry: Gas now down to 21 cents a gallon in 1967 dollars (that’s what that $1.53 a gal here in Catalina now converts to in ’67… Continue reading Now “trending” in spaghetti: an El Niño-style onset of rain during the last week in February (2016)
What’s ahead, way ahead; some excitement for the West Coast
Been working on a talk for Feb 23, 1990…..at the U of WA, so not blogging too much. Will likely post “back to the future” talk in a few days. Its a science story, really, not quite a “talk.” But enough of my blabbing, as Rob Reiner might say, lets move along to some INTERESTING… Continue reading What’s ahead, way ahead; some excitement for the West Coast
Soft underbelly, storm passageway, from the subtropics to Cal and AZ under contruction
Its never too early to talk about rain and storms in old AZy. A couple are already on the move and will arrive here between the 3rd and 5th of January. Confidence is quite high, more so that on the last failed medium range forecast, which I think says something1. However, its after those first… Continue reading Soft underbelly, storm passageway, from the subtropics to Cal and AZ under contruction
A cool May ahead?
Well, let us define “cool”….that is, cool for Catalina in May; that is #2, below normal temperatures. What led to this thought? I was gasping when I saw this from last night’s NOAA spaghetti factory, as you will as well, and decided I would have to say something about it. Pretty unbelievable. What does it… Continue reading A cool May ahead?