Category: Sunsets

Silver lining

That silver lining referred to in the title,  at the top of yesterday evening’s Cumulus congestus cloud in the first photo below.  It went on to rain (second photo).  But no silver linings in our models now days, if they could have linings.  They seem to foretell nothing but dreary, soporific, boring, akin-to-a-science-talk at a… Continue reading Silver lining

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

Yesterday’s “be-a-moths”; what’s ahead in August and early September

Nice sunset yesterday, one consisting of_______, _________, ________ clouds, ones that always give us one of those “glad to be here” in Catalina, CDP, feelings.  I might give the answers tomorrow, but please try to name these clouds and maybe get that, “Its fun being a cloud-maven, junior” T-shirt you’ve always wanted.  It has clouds… Continue reading Yesterday’s “be-a-moths”; what’s ahead in August and early September

Rainbow? Or, after THAT storm, was it the “‘Arc’ of the Convenant”?

What an amazing, Biblical sight1 that came across the Catalina Mountains yesterday evening, that shaft of intense rain and attendant rainbow!  After a day where it looked like rain might not happen here, those earlier Cumulus clouds being pretty lazy really, this behemoth powered across Tucson and the Catalina Mountains dropping 0.56 inches in momentarily… Continue reading Rainbow? Or, after THAT storm, was it the “‘Arc’ of the Convenant”?

“Feint” rainbow

For a few minutes yesterday afternoon, it looked like some unexpected rain was trucking over the Cat Mountains from the east-northeast late yesterday afternoon.  No one could blame you for getting your hopes up and misleading your neighborhood by saying it might rain in half an hour.  Those clouds rolling in from the Catalinas (shown… Continue reading “Feint” rainbow

Rainy days and Saturdays

Nice sunset yesterday….as some Stratocumulus spread over the sky underneath a pesky Cirrus cloud cover, clouds that announced the beginning of our next rain spell, now underway. Light rain is falling this morning at 4:07 AM, and has been for hours, amounting to 0.01 inches.  However, some places in Pima Land have gotten much nicer rains, around… Continue reading Rainy days and Saturdays

Stuck in the middle; only 0.03 inches in Catalina from Kansas skies

“Shafts to the left of me, shafts to the right of me, but here I am, stuck in the middle with you.”  (Yeah, and without any rain.)   Who can’t forget Stealers Wheel?  Most everybody I guess. Here is an example of a “middle”, an empty region between rainshafts in this case.  You don’t want… Continue reading Stuck in the middle; only 0.03 inches in Catalina from Kansas skies

Model trickeration, Dark Bluster, =s no rain!

You can see what didn’t happen here in the U of A time lapse movie. I got pretty excited when the U of A Weather Department issued a special report yesterday morning on what the Beo Wolf cluster had come up with in terms of yesterday and today’s weather.  These kind of special, technical reports, ones… Continue reading Model trickeration, Dark Bluster, =s no rain!