Cumulonimbus clouds, Cumulus clouds, Definitions, Rain shafts

Cloud scenes from August 31, 2015, a big summer rain day

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BTW, a little more than 4.5 inches has fallen on Mt. Lemmon in the past 24 h.   0.99 inches fell here in Sutherland Heights.  Maybe the Sutherland Wash will be running this morning.  That would be nice to see.

More rains ahead in the next few days.  Mushrooms coming…

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Rain water balloon about to hit ground.
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Rain water balloon hitting ground, shoving other rain shaft aside.
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Cumulus tribute to Pac Man.
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Electricity.
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Plein air painting by nature.
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Ditto on the Catalinas.
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Dramatic shot, film noir maybe.
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Marana gets wet, too.
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Pretty.
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An approaching complex array of clouds just before sunset led to evening/nighttime TSTMS (weather text for “thunderstorms”).  Often at this time of day, showers like this just fade away to just anvil debris. But not yesterday. Must have been, in this case, indicative of the approach  of an upper level “congregator” or disturbance that doesn’t care so much about day or night.

 

The End.

One thought on “Cloud scenes from August 31, 2015, a big summer rain day”

  1. Great pics on your Sept 1 post! Thanks for sharing. I think that lightning bolt you caught may have caused the fire we saw burning (3 separte ones, actually) on Bighorn peak later that night. Russ

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