More on today’s storms tomorrow; in the meantime, yesterday’s storms

3:32 PM. Severe thunderstorm comes roaring out of TUS and, we hope, Pusch Ridge. But didn't happen.
3:32 PM. Severe thunderstorm comes roaring out of TUS and, we hoped, “up around the bend”, as the song says (Pusch Ridge). But it didn’t happen.  Did dump a whopping 1.93 inches in one hour at an Avra Valley gauge a bit later.  Note light gray, lower “arcus” cloud in the center, the sign of strong winds pushing outward from the cell.  Very Floridian looking.

Ealier yesterday, a very nice cell traversed the Catalinas dropping a half and more on Ms. Lemmon before sliding down toward the southwest. Here’s what it looked like at its peak:

1:32 PM.
1:32 PM.  Great to see more water landing on those mountains, feeding those washes and creeks.

Other notes: Yesterday morning was the coolest in weeks here at 71-72 F. Perfect.

More storms and mayhem today. Take a look at how low the clouds are on the Catalinas and Samaniego Ridge, always a great sign when they are are low as this for powerful storms and big rain areas, though we missed them yesterday, they were all around.

Author: Art Rangno

Retiree from a group specializing in airborne measurements of clouds and aerosols at the University of Washington (Cloud and Aerosol Research Group). The projects in which I participated were in many countries; from the Arctic to Brazil, from the Marshall Islands to South Africa.