What an amazing and “productive” little rainband that was just after midnight! And more rain is likely with weaker bands just upwind here at 4 AM. Could we really approach an inch? Amazing. Didn’t seem possible in this small mind that we could amass that much. For a full regional rain table, go here to… Continue reading Sutherland Heights rain: 0.97 inches and counting (as of 9:54 AM)! Thunder, too!
Category: Thunderstorm day
November thunderama
Doesn’t happen every November, thunder, but it sure pounded away at times yesterday. Seemed louder than usual thunder a few times even with the lightning over there by the Tortolita Mountains. Of course, that’s where the heaviest rain fell as several T-storms tracked along a similar path over there just a little to the W… Continue reading November thunderama
Thunderstorms, rain, hail, pummel Catalina finally!
We’ve waited a LONG time for a rain day. It was so nice, so photogenic as well. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Also, you may have seen the Froude Number1 in action as Cumulus congestus and Cumulonimbus clouds developed and went around the sides of the Catalina Mountains instead of… Continue reading Thunderstorms, rain, hail, pummel Catalina finally!
A thunderful day brings a little rain to Catalina, drenches the Tortolita Mountains.
The day started with some nice Altocumulus “pancakus”, some lenticulars and breezy conditions, reminding one of fall day with a cold front approaching. Small Cumulus appeared quickly, but with the wind, you wondered if they would get enough heating to power upward into Cumulonimbus clouds. By noon you had your answer as a large Cumulonimbus… Continue reading A thunderful day brings a little rain to Catalina, drenches the Tortolita Mountains.
Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes
Some apocalyptic cloud scenes can be Cumulus that explode suddenly into Cumulonimbus, and Cumulonimbus clouds with their foreboding (unless you live in a desert) rain shafts, and their predecessor shelf clouds like “swirly dark Stratocumulus”, and arcus clouds, the latter, a lower line of clouds just above and a little behind the wind shift at… Continue reading Evening thunderstorms roll across Catalina with apocalyptic cloud scenes
“The Magnificent Seven” (minute storm); 0.13 inches!
A reference to yesterday’s seven minutes of mayhem here in Catalina/Sutherland Heights; alludes to but an old 1980s song by the English punk band, The Clash about really bad weathermen: “one says sun, one says sleet1.” Back to weather and yesterday’s microburst with three minutes of sheets of unbelievably heavy rain with rice-sized hail, 50-60… Continue reading “The Magnificent Seven” (minute storm); 0.13 inches!
Augustober weather continues on October 18th
Truly LATE breaking news, untimely really, but Augustober 18th was too special a day to ignore: Giant clouds, dense rain shafts, frequent lightning in the area throughout the afternoon, dewpoints in the high 50s to 60 F; can it really be after the middle of October? Or, is this some kind of preview of climate… Continue reading Augustober weather continues on October 18th
A day of cloud magnificence and error
Morning thunder, evening thunder; 0.84 inches of rain, 1-2 inches in the mountains, with some of the most dramatic skies and shocking cloud changes ever seen (by me). “But, hey, enough of ‘me’, lets get on with the ‘shockumentary’”, as Rob Reiner might say. Scene 1: Its morning. A horsey ride has been planned with… Continue reading A day of cloud magnificence and error
Blues returning to Tucson!
You won’t have to go to New Mexico, Sonora, or the Indian State of Kerala to find great summer rain. According to this model output from last evening, its only a bit more than a week away! The last time we saw a model prediction like the ones below, was for the 24 h ending… Continue reading Blues returning to Tucson!
Thunder and virga
Clouds got more enthusiastic than expected here yesterday, reaching sizes big enough to produce light rainshowers to the NE of Catalina, and THUNDER just after 6 PM up toward Oracle town! Nice. Looks like a small Cumulus, postcard day today in Catalina. Cloud tops marginal for ice, holding around -10 C, capped by subsiding, dry… Continue reading Thunder and virga