Category: Stories from the field

Best model output for you

Been looking around at quite a number of model runs (well 2, anyway) trying to find the best one for you.  Here it is.  Its yesterday’s WRF-GFS run that was based on 11 AM AST global data.  Has some great rains for us here in Arizona.  Those rains, and that incredible hurricane that saunters up… Continue reading Best model output for you

Encore of disappointment

Yesterday afternoon and evening were remarkably similar to the day before;  great, spectacular banks of brilliant white turrets with black bases approached from the northeast filled with rainy portent, but, as with that previous day, disappointed.   Once again, those clouds tended to fade some as they much beyond the Catalina Mountains, southwestward across Catalina,… Continue reading Encore of disappointment

One of the greatest Seattle days in the history of Catalina, Arizona

Yesterday, that is.  It felt like I never left.  Only 49 F here; was 55 F in Seattle yesterday. But the main thing that made it seem “so Seattle” was the persistent low Stratocumulus overcast, almost no sun whatsoever, and a little rain.  We picked up another 0.03 inches in a couple of morning episodes… Continue reading One of the greatest Seattle days in the history of Catalina, Arizona

Seeing red

Well, here it is, the NOAA Catalina spaghetti output for March 8th, 5 PM AST, hold the sauce: The plot at left, with likely a Guinness record for a long, thin caption, pretty much guarantees a big trough of cold air here by then, another door opens into winter, which seems to be gone right… Continue reading Seeing red

Climate kerfluffle reprised in southern hemisphere

With no rain in sight, and only modest temperature fluctuations ahead, some reading material is presented to you today with commentary today, a “soapbox day.” Cloud photos from yesterday are at the bottom if you want to skip to that and avoid thinking about things because its too early in the morning to get riled… Continue reading Climate kerfluffle reprised in southern hemisphere

El Nino may be in the works for next winter; stories from the field

Here you can read the latest statement from the Climate Prediction Center on the neutral conditions that have developed in the eastern Pacific Ocean–La Nina is gone–and what it sees for next winter from their computer models.  While things are not clear because they are so difficult to foretell, they are talkin’ El Nino some. As we… Continue reading El Nino may be in the works for next winter; stories from the field

Yesterday’s awful Cumulus clouds; better ones today!

From the University of WY Cowpokes, this awful sounding from yesterday afternoon at Tucson.  Where the two lines first pinch together, around the “500” label, is where the Cumulus cloud bases were yesterday afternoon (marked by the oval)!  To see why those Cumulus were awful ones with too much ice, check the temperature lines, the ones… Continue reading Yesterday’s awful Cumulus clouds; better ones today!