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90% chance on thrusday camp creek area

@skillpore
I was going to say something snarky about the one tenth of an inch prediction until it dawned on me that a tenth of an inch would be biblical compared to zero.

Today we got the first sticking snow of the season in NJ. It's only been an inch so far, and we had a bigger snowfall in mid-October, but this one will last on the ground for a few days.

Looks like my post over the weekend worked. A prediction of no rain for weeks ended up guaranteeing rain. Ha!

Actually, what are the odds? Either way, this is yet another year where a warm moist system comes over AZ and NM not from the west or NW and California, but the SW, and up from Mexico.


Totals look to be about 1/2 an inch over the Estralla Mts, or at least the northern half, and well over 1/2 over most of South Mountain! How long until the Bursera leaf out?

I have discovered Jim_H's little secret.
He only changes his Avatar when it rains !

Cathy's rain dance is working...

With .01" of rain today, Yuma has ended a streak of 242 days without measurable rainfall.

SuperstitionGuy wrote:I have discovered Jim_H's little secret.
He only changes his Avatar when it rains !

That explains Jim, but what's our excuse?

100% today. Half an inch in Gilbert. I went out for a redneck car wash

rayhuston wrote:I went out for a redneck car wash

Yeee Haaaw. Hold my beer and watch this...........

@rayhuston
I went out for a redneck bath!

@chumley
I so wanted to go play in the mud this morning. Figured it would rain as soon as I started working again.

rayhuston wrote: I went out for a redneck car wash

I pulled my car out of the garage about 20min before reading this!

chumley wrote: ↑Dec 10 2020 8:58 am With .01" of rain today, Yuma has ended a streak of 242 days without measurable rainfall.

Wow, that's an incredible dry spell! I experienced a couple summer rainstorms in Yuma over the years. It's hard to imagine them missing those badly needed precipitation events.

I saw slightly more on the radar last evening, and east of Yuma on the Barry Goldwater Range. Looked like the Cabeza Mountains may have had 1 to 2/10ths. Not sure if that will green up any Elephant Trees. With the heavy rain and impressive totals here, I am thinking Elephant Trees in the Estrella and on South Mountain will green up soon.

Hopefully by the weekend if I try for Montezuma Sleeping! I didn't want to deal with Rainbow Valley extreme dust, but now with the precip, it might not be so bad. Got to get it while the getting is good!

Almost an inch in the west valley by Luke AFB today. Best storm since March. Jim, I think you will probably have to wait at least a week or two on the Bursera to leaf out, they are not as quick as Ocotillos.

@Jim_H The granddaddy of them all in Pima Canyon looks great as of today. I don’t think the rain played much of a factor.

I had 0.6" of rain today, which was the first measurable rainfall here since the 0.3" that I had on April 13. I am now up to 6.4" of rain YTD

@chumley
Was it leaved out? All the ones I have seen in the south western part of the park have been leafless due to the dry summer and fall.

@Jim_H Very much so