First, this is not about BEER! Usually when you get carried away and expect something unusual to happen, it doesn’t, like that girl I thought liked me but didn’t (there have been a number of those…) Yesterday, carried-away Mr. Cloud Maven person mentioned the possibility of tubes in Cal. Here’s the report in the Big… Continue reading Cold one on tap for Catalina; tubes in Cal
Category: Sunsets
Dusty parhelia
No, that’s not a baseball player that played for the Dodgers or Giants back in the 1950s, that was Dusty Roads; though Dusty Parhelia would be a nice name for a baseball player. Yesterday, with our slightly dusty skies, and on the 22 degree halo ring, and horizontally from the sun’s position, was a couple… Continue reading Dusty parhelia
Cirrus, maybe some lenticulars, and dust ahead
In case you missed it, the thin layers of Altocumulus clouds provided a bit of a sunset “bloom” around 6:30 PM AST yesterday. Here’s what yesterday looked like, and I am doing this because I have a strong feeling some of you like to live in the past, like I do when I think… Continue reading Cirrus, maybe some lenticulars, and dust ahead
Plethora of storms ahead; Catalina snow day still being foretold for Feb. 25th which is only nine days away now!
To help understand that odd word, “plethora” in the title in case you are befuddled by it, I have added a YouTube teaching module to help you out: “What is a ‘plethora’?” Well, one of the great model runs of our time has come out once again last night after yesterday’s great model run of… Continue reading Plethora of storms ahead; Catalina snow day still being foretold for Feb. 25th which is only nine days away now!
Rain at the end of the tunnel?
Finally, the dark tunnel of pleasant, dry weather may be coming to an end, I am happy to say. The WRF-GOOFUS model longer range output has been showing RAIN in southern Arizona for two or three runs out around the 7th to 14th of February. Of course, those who follow this blog know that… Continue reading Rain at the end of the tunnel?
“And I think its going to rain today”
Well, how can we forget that mournful Leonard Cohen song? And the sweet rendition of that tune by Judy Collins? It was played a lot in Seattle, of course, where I’m from. But, it also looks like it might be apt for late today right here in Catalina. Check out this “incoming” here from the… Continue reading “And I think its going to rain today”
Near miss on rain; pretty clouds and a nice sunset
Here are a couple of scenes from pretty yesterday, a day that the phony numerical models had rain predicted for us one to two weeks in advance, and then dried that system out as far as we here in Catalina are concerned as the days got closer. This happens all the time in the models,… Continue reading Near miss on rain; pretty clouds and a nice sunset
A Stratocumulus Monday
Yesterday gave us “Catalonians” the perfect example of Stratocumulus clouds. But why didn’t it rain from those dark clouds, save a few drops, maybe even a brief drizzle episode that mostly moved across Saddlebrooke around 9 AM? Those Stratocumulus clouds were GENERALLY not cold enough at cloud top to have ice crystals form in… Continue reading A Stratocumulus Monday
Weather 10 days from now remains uncertain
Hahahahah. That is the funniest thing I have thought of in a long time, and its not that funny. Take a look at this “spaghetti” plot for 10 days from now based on last night’s global data. The map is for 500 mb, about 15,000 to 20, ooo feet above sea level.… Continue reading Weather 10 days from now remains uncertain
Low spin cycle continuing off Baja; water being added
That enfante terrible now dawdles over the coastal waters of California and northern Baja today, adding some water to its central system as seen here from IPS Meteostar. Note, too, a scruff of Stratocumulus clouds racing northwestward in the Gulf of Baja abouit the latitude of the border between north and south Baja. This is… Continue reading Low spin cycle continuing off Baja; water being added