Atmosphere Comparison

[Jim]

The endless chatter of weather.

[azbackpackr]

Oh, ok. Thanks.

As for the topic, I am sort of hoping it will start to dry up a little. It's awfully damp in my house and very muddy outside!

[joebartels]

For the first time this summer there's some huge clouds towering behind Squaw. Looking at the radar there's scattered storms everywhere north. However they're moving clockwise.

[dysfunction]

Yea, it was certainly threatening to rain Sunday and Monday afternoon/evening here in Tucson.. and it did bubkiss.

[chumley]

Yeah Joe I was noticing the same thing today. It looks really promising in the sky ... but the other factors don't look good for the valley. Of course, its exactly when the normal indicators don't look good that the surprise deluge hits. I did wash my truck this morning, AND I've got clothes hanging on the line right now!

[joebartels]

Yeah it's been curving around the valley. The mid superstitions have been hit pretty good for the last hour. This map changes every 15 minutes but here's the current
http://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bi ... owlabels=1&

[Nighthiker]

Been watching the weather the during the day, on my four days off after today hoping for a good storm to visit out on the desert.

[Nighthiker]

Hayden getting pounded right now. One of my captains just left to meet his wife in Superior and then onto San Manuel for his sons ball game.

[Jim]

It has been a dry summer and year overall. The US Drought Monitor bumped a good chunk of AZ up into moderate drought.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

[Grasshopper]

Rain is coming to AZ..

Hurricane Jimena at 9/01pm EDT

[JimmyLyding]

Rock and Roll Hurricane Jimena! I'm headed up to Tucson for the Arizona-Central Michigan football game, and I'm Bearing Down on having a repeat of what happened during the Arizona-Wisconsin game a few years ago. Hurricane Javier spawned numerous thunderstorms which led to lightning strikes all over the university area in addition to an immense, prolonged downpour. The upshot was that we had to leave the stadium at halftime for 3 hours, which as you all can guess meant a 3 hour happy hour at a bar. Suffice to say this weekend would probably not be a good time to hike in southern Arizona.

[dysfunction]

and I'll be in Colorado Have fun in the rain at Stadium!

[chumley]

Rain is coming to AZ..

I'll believe it when I see it.

I've witnessed fire stations in Peoria and Glendale handing out sandbags ahead of a remnant hurricane expected to dump copious rain in the valley. A beautiful day and some puffy clouds are all that happened.

There is definitely the potential for something from Jimena, but the weather experts are the first to say things like "its too early to tell", and "the computer models are inconsistent run-to-run". Trust me, I'd love a deluge, but I've lived here long enough to know better than to make predictions of fact!

[RedRoxx44]

I hope it dumps on us. If it does I will head into my favorite mountain range and enjoy the dry stream beds flowing to the max. Nothing better than the Galiuros in a thumping storm.

[writelots]

I'll take a pass on big rains this weekend. I'm hiking Havasupai... rather have pretty predictable, dry weather for that one.

[BobP]

I'm hiking Havasupai

3 weeks and counting for me.

[Jim]

In Flag, we had 2.1 inches of rain during the June 1 to August 31 period. That would be a drier than normal July or August for us, and it is only 37% of our normal rain (5.72") for that 3 month period, during which June is already our driest month. It actually looks like some lower desert areas got more rain than we did. We'll see how this Jimena works out. It could bring a lot of rain, or it could be a dud. September is still one of our wetter months, I wonder if it will do anything for us.

[dysfunction]

I'm not holding my breath. In Tucson we're still under 50% of our normal monsoon rainfall too. Course, since I'll be out of town.. and flying ta boot.. it'll probably hit heavy at 11am Friday (my departure time )

[writelots]

3 weeks and counting for me.

Should I stash some Stoli under the ol' oak tree for you?

[BobP]

Should I stash some Stoli under the ol' oak tree for you?

Alcohol is illegal....but only if you get caught ;) . How will I know what tree will there be a yellow ribbon around it? :whistle:

I hope you have a great trip, bring the umbrella and the rains will stay away

[azbackpackr]

It was an October hurricane that caused the big flood in Tucson in 1983. It will be interesting to see if this one's a dud or if we'll get some rain out of it.

I loved all the stories my neighbors used to tell about the '83 Tucson flood. I lived on Limberlost next to the Rillito for 10 years, '89-'99 (Vista Del Norte). The neighbors had witnessed all sorts of things in '83. It was before the Rillito had been channelized and cemented in. The best story was about the office building at the river bridge on 1st Ave. The cops gave people only a few minutes to get their files, etc., out of the offices, as the river was undercutting the building. The building began to lean, and many people stood nearby watching. Someone was making book--taking bets on what time it would fall in. My neighbor said someone in that crowd won about $200 that evening.

Another neighbor had been watching things happen upstream from 1st Ave. that afternoon, on Country Club. There was a condo building by the river. He and his neighbors stood and watched it fall in as well. He said as it began to tilt that couches and chairs and tables and lamps and grand pianos began sliding through the big glass windows into the river, and finally the building fell in, too. He said they also watched quite a few mobile homes and houses float by.

All the bridges were closed, and the city was not reachable by car from any direction. It was effectively an island. Since then many bridges have been rebuilt and the drainage system in the streets has been improved. The Rillito has been channelized, for better or for worse. Most times, yeah, you can go catch sand trout in the river bed, but sometimes it really runs big. The '93 flood was pretty neat to see, also--I was there for that one. And they say it ran at 20,000 cfs several years ago, in the same flood that messed up Sabino.