Had another rainbow from those cloud “warriors” we call Cumulonimbus on the Catalinas. But, “If traces are your thing, Catalina is king!” as we recorded but a trace of rain again while soaking rains poured down just a couple of miles away on the Catalinas, to form a sentence with too much punctuation and a… Continue reading Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe
Category: Sunsets
Hawai’i in Arizona
Yesterday, in the wake of TD Odile, it was about as Hawaiian a day in Arizona as you are ever likely to see. First, the high dewpoints, ones that replicate those in HI, mid and upper 60s (69-70 F in HNL right now), cloud base temperatures of around 60 F, and with misty, even drizzly… Continue reading Hawai’i in Arizona
Dial “O” for rain; Odile that is
Unless the younger folks watch Turner Classic Movies or something like that, they will be clueless about what ther the reference to “dialing” is in the title. Oh, well. Heck, who even remembers what a Walkman was these days? The heavy cloud shield of TS Odile is moving in with some light, spotty rain hereabouts… Continue reading Dial “O” for rain; Odile that is
Rainy “mammoths” return; future remains cloudy
We saw some great shafts yesterday, and their content did not disappoint where they landed; 1.61 inches fell at a Saddlebrooke Ranch site, though only 0.06 inches in The Heights. Also, this piece contains a footnote. 8:15 AM. The usual summer Altocumulus perlucidus deck. The weather ahead…. Just glimpsing the mighty U of AZ mod… Continue reading Rainy “mammoths” return; future remains cloudy
Putting raingauge away now…
A measly 0.01 inches is all we got here yesterday in a Seattle-like rain from an overcast that sputtered drops drown over a couple of hours, one that could barely wet the pavement, if we had any here in Sutherland Heights. Of course, we surely drooled at the close call that drained Saddlebrooke yesterday afternoon… Continue reading Putting raingauge away now…
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
“Volcano” erupts north of the Tucson Mountains; California Niño, too, along the Cal coast
The documentary photos, below, of a modest-looking Cumulus congestus cloud yesterday afternoon that lept up to the stratosphere in the 20 minutes that cloud maven person wasn’t watching. Yours truly, while videoing it from start to finish, only got two still shots in those 20 min due to a distraction1; was not taking photos of… Continue reading “Volcano” erupts north of the Tucson Mountains; California Niño, too, along the Cal coast
Rain doesn’t show, but sunset does
Yesterday was equal to the most potent cloud day that cloud maven person has seen since moving to Catalina in 2008; from clear skies to thunder before 10 AM! Fortunately, in spite of all the incredible cloud scenes around, fine, tall clouds so early in the day, CMP was able to control himself and only… Continue reading Rain doesn’t show, but sunset does
The Time of the Ant; and Catalina Cumulus to remember
One of nature’s true miracles, one that we Catalinans look forward to every summer, is the “Time of the Ant.” After the first substantial rains, ants burst forth from the ground like little angels with wings, forming tall columns of swirling, joyful creatures that hover above a favorite place above the ground for an hour… Continue reading The Time of the Ant; and Catalina Cumulus to remember