Atmosphere Comparison

Jim · Post by **Jim** » May 15 2009 8:25 pm

The endless chatter of weather.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 29 2013 11:20 am

Douglas, AZ now has recorded 10.12 inches of precip in July (though 28th). This is the wettest month of record since 1948, and first time more than 8 inches has been recorded in any month.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Jul 29 2013 7:00 pm

Well, with 0.01 inches, or 1/100th of an inch required to tie the old record and 2/100 to set a new record, it seems very likely that Flag will have a new record for July rainfall, except that it finally dried out and it could not rain at all the next few days. Something which would be atypical given the month so far.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 29 2013 7:05 pm

@Jim_H
Yeah, looks they will fall just short.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Jul 29 2013 7:12 pm

I suspect that will be the case, but with so little required, it might happen. As it stands, the July total is well over the previous 6 years monthly rain amount for the next wettest, which was January of 2010. It's basically the entire summer's quota, and then a pretty good summer (July to September). Sure, it could stop raining almost all together and a drought (short term) could develop by the end of August, but that is probably not likely. Unless something like a strong El Nino starts to develop as occurred in 2009 and the later half of last summer, my guess is this will continue to be at least a robust monsoon season for the future.

Now, will 2014 be a wet snowy winter? That is where my interest lies. I hope it is, or I hope for a very heavy series of Late December Pineapple Express lows to cover the north land in snow and deposit heavy rime ice accumulations over 11,000', just like 3 years before.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 29 2013 7:16 pm

@Jim_H
The winter precipitation is the more important. It would be nice to have an old fashioned bomber of a winter.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Jul 31 2013 5:45 pm

Can FLG break the record in the next few hours? I thought they would fall short with a couple of dry days, but the radar looks like the airport has gotten something that should add up to .02 (currently not reporting any rainfall though!). Bellemont hasn't seen any radar echoes at all yet, but it looks like it might come soon.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 5:50 pm

@chumley
I sure hope so, it would suck to fall .01 short of a record!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Jul 31 2013 6:02 pm

Well, the top of the hour recorded 1/100th of an inch.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 6:08 pm

@Jim_H
Well, that's a tie anyway, even though I don't like tying records (like our 39 consecutive days with max temps of 100 or higher in Tucson this year).

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Jul 31 2013 6:13 pm

Yup, I was hoping to beat it, and prefer it be a solid amount, too.

JimmyLyding · Post by **JimmyLyding** » Jul 31 2013 7:27 pm

It's good to read that Arizona's having a healthy monsoon, but I come to tell of a different weather phenomena that we're definitely not enjoying here in the Bay Area. The current weather pattern is funneling smoke from a few wildfires in southern Oregon right into northern California, the Bay Area in particular. It has looked like southern California the last few days with visibility cut in half, and a brownish, yellowish haze blocking out the sky. There were even an official warning for people with lung issues to stay indoors on Monday. Not good, but the sunsets have been cool. The blood-orange sun doesn't seem to lessen the annoyance of itchy eyes and a scratchy throat, however.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 7:30 pm

Very suspicious...the 7 o'clock weather for FLG is missing.

beterarcher · Post by **beterarcher** » Jul 31 2013 7:40 pm

@RWStorm
try this.....http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radbl ... ightning=0

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 7:42 pm

@beterarcher
I wasn't interested in the radar loop because that is available, but the official data from the ASOS sensor.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Jul 31 2013 7:53 pm

Maybe the NSA is reviewing the data?

Or it could just be that the whole place is run by dope-smoking nau students? After all, they managed to get just 4 of the 12 "am" readings today :roll:

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Jul 31 2013 8:25 pm

One of the .01 readings also says "trace" which means it would come in below the record.

It will be interesting to see what the official readings are when they're posted later tonight or tomorrow.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 8:35 pm

Hopefully that area of precip over the Sedona area now will drift or expand NNE and get the job done before midnight...got 3.5 hours left.

beterarcher · Post by **beterarcher** » Jul 31 2013 8:55 pm

@RWStorm
There are links to individual weather stations too..........http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Jul 31 2013 9:06 pm

@beterarcher
Thanks.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Aug 01 2013 6:30 am

The story this morning is about tying the record, not breaking it. Oh well.

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