First, yesterday’s sunrise rainbow, in case you missed it. “Dumps of the Day”: A little later, this masterpiece of a cloudburst, without doubt one of the most dramatic I have seen in five summers here, or anywhere really. Here’s the sequence:… Continue reading Big shots
Category: Stupendous storms
Big thunderblast down Oracle, Pusch Ridge way; a personal report
Couldn’t be on “the perch” for that rain here in SH-Catalina late yesterday afternoon (0.14 inches) due to a social engagement, but, serendipitously drove under the 1-2 inch blast of rain, lightning, and 60 mph winds that deluged Oracle Road at Magee and points south. 1.7 inches was measured in 37 minutes at the… Continue reading Big thunderblast down Oracle, Pusch Ridge way; a personal report
“Great Unexpectations” (0.38 inches fell when almost none was expected)
Of course, the title refers to Dickens’ little known sequel (and frankly, a lightly regarded one) to his popular, “Great Expectations”. Dickens fully expected that by rushing out another novel similar to “Expectations” that a financial success similar to the one that “Expectations” had garnered for him would be easily acheived. However, like most sequels,… Continue reading “Great Unexpectations” (0.38 inches fell when almost none was expected)
Exciting day ahead for you; lithometeors on display
First, let’s look in on the NWS, Tucson, and see how excited they are. Wow, they just don’t get more excited than this! I am so happy for them. Happy for me and you, too, as we are about to experience a “storm.” ‘Bout time we had some weather to experience, though it will mostly… Continue reading Exciting day ahead for you; lithometeors on display
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
Less data, more filling
This is the best I could do, in examining the several model outputs over the past 24 h. Below is the very wettest forecast panel that popped out for southern Arizona during the past 24 h. The panel below is from yesterday’s 18 Z (11 AM AST) global data and is for the evening of… Continue reading Less data, more filling
Day of early and late storms
First, the rain report: 1.73 inches on Samaniego Ridge in the 24 h ending at 3 AM this morning; 0.42 inches here! Fantastic. We’ll keep those watery, glistening rocks on the sides of the Catalinas for a few more days. How nice is that for mid-September? Some rain 24 h totals til 3 AM, catches… Continue reading Day of early and late storms
Catalina, Florida, USA
Dewpoints above dry ground yesterday of about 70 F at 3000 feet elelvation? Yep, that’s just like Florida air if you could be in it at 3,000 feet. And we had Florida-like clouds yesterday, too, with their warm bases, around 15 C (59 F) in the morning–remember how important warm bottoms are for a big… Continue reading Catalina, Florida, USA
Arizona: the Emerald State
Now THAT was a monsoon-like day yesterday, one right out of the western state of Kerala, India; the thick rain of mid-morning, seemingly thicker than most here, the clothes-gripping humidity outside, the strip of fog on the side of the western Ghats, oops, Catalina Mountains, the relatively gentle breezes in the rain, the subdued green… Continue reading Arizona: the Emerald State
So many great clouds; so little camera memory (8 GB not enough for yesterday)
Just about. Ended up taking more than 300 photos yesterday (!), first 100 plus of the greenery next to the CDO wash (“its a jungle out there”) during a horseback ride, and of those spindily Cumulus clouds that were rising off Ms. Mt. Lemmon so early in the day (and oddly, with a lower, scattered layer of Stratus… Continue reading So many great clouds; so little camera memory (8 GB not enough for yesterday)