While waiting for the remnants of former H. Simon to pass over us during the next couple of days, bringing some rain, starting overnight, got distracted while looking to see how many rainfall measuring stations they have in Baja Cal, and found this about the Great O from NASA. Its a pretty fascinating read I… Continue reading While waiting for S, the (NASA) Diary of the Great O
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Surveying the Sutherland Wash in the aftermath
Went on an hike yesterday to see what the water levels had gotten to in the Sutherland Wash, located at the base of Samaniego Ridge, during our historic downpour. I began at the Cottonwoods at the Baby Jesus Trail head and worked my way down the wash about a mile, to where the fence is… Continue reading Surveying the Sutherland Wash in the aftermath
Cirrocumulus on display; icy Cumulus later today
Today’s clouds Today our passing cold-core trough is overhead and in the middle of it, the moisture is low enough to trigger Cumulus and small Cumulonimbus clouds as the middle and high clouds exit “stage right.” Should be an interesting day since these cumuliform clouds will be so high-based (above the Lemmon summit) and cold… Continue reading Cirrocumulus on display; icy Cumulus later today
Great expectations of mice and men…
…weren’t quite realized1 in the rain totals that our storm produced; the very exciting prediction of several inches of water content foretold for Ms. Lemmon didn’t happen (see ALERT gauge listing below, saved for pretty much the maximum 24 h period of our storm.) Still, rains were substantial, the occasional morning lightning was great, and… Continue reading Great expectations of mice and men…
While waiting for the rain….
Started to rain here in at 3:45 AM…have 0.01 inches so far. :{ So far in AZ, Flagstaff area leading the way Statewide with about 0.90 inches. You can check out those amounts in real time here from the USGS, and here for Pima County. Also you can look at those amounts reported in real… Continue reading While waiting for the rain….
Hydrometeors shower down on Catalina
Note redundancy in title. A “meteor” is already going down, so you don’t need the word “down.” Hahaha. They were small drops, some were as small as drizzle-sized (500 microns in diameter or smaller) and too far apart to be called an occurrence of “drizzle”, but they fell throughout Catalina allowing Catalinans to register a… Continue reading Hydrometeors shower down on Catalina
What goes up (to Alaska) must come down…to Catalina
Yesterday’s cloud of the day Today’s sunrise of the day About up and down… That giant low pressure center, so needed by us droughty folks here in the SW, has materialized in the western Pacific, shoving gigantic amounts of heat and clouds poleward… Continue reading What goes up (to Alaska) must come down…to Catalina
Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
In case you missed the pretty sights of yesterday: The clouds and weather just ahead… Continue reading Pretty cloud day yesterday; storms dead ahead and ahead
Rain, and more of it
AZ Map of USGS gauges here (takes a couple of minutes to load); USGS AZ amounts here. Pima County ALERT gauges here (Mt. Lemmon already at 0.67 inches at this hour!) Rainlog.org here (best if used after 7 AM AST). CoCoRahs here (best if used after 7 AM AST) NWS rain totals here. AZ agmet… Continue reading Rain, and more of it
Plenty of late November rain ahead…in model; a sunrise beauty
In case you missed it, yesterday’s sunrise: The weather way ahead Well, the WRF-GOOFUS model has lots of rain for us again as November closes out, with the model rain amounts foretold in November for Catalina now totaling over two inches, or about twice… Continue reading Plenty of late November rain ahead…in model; a sunrise beauty