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The endless chatter of weather.

Planning to drive to S TX for the Eclipse on Monday afternoon. As of the forecast tonight, the wx isn't looking good for viewing. (Clouds with rain in the afternoon.)

@TooOld2Hike_qm
I see sunny now, for Monday here in Marinara. High of 73. Of course, South Texas will be where the action really is, and you can visit Llano and get some BBQ.

I love how specific the NWS is getting for wind forecast. Breezy today for a couple of hours around noon, and then in the late afternoon there will be one large wind gust. Nothing in between.

A splendid late-April day across the northland! Showers and thunderstorms, hail, and webcams aplenty showing snow falling above 7,000 feet. These are some of my favorite things!

chumley wrote:Showers and thunderstorms,

I was very moist after my hike today. Wet, windy and 44 degrees made it a bit nippy.

48 this morning at Patagonia Lake is actually a nice temperature to wake up to.

Well, I usually don't complain about the weather. But man, it is nasty up here. I went up to the South Rim for a job today, and it was cold and sleeting. And very windy. Same thing here in Flagstaff. Not fun driving the bus in it, either.

Yeah, this isn't ideal weather for this time of year. Hopefully the 19 inches of new snow that Snowbowl reports melts quick with the warm temps next week.

Late last night I finished driving to NJ from Grand Gulch. It was unbelievably windy the whole way. Driving was a struggle, especially with all the trucks blowing around.

@big_load
Colorado or is that Utah? I guess that wasn't I-40, as that is shut down from a train derailment.

Jim_H wrote: ↑Apr 28 2024 10:19 am @big_load
Colorado or is that Utah? I guess that wasn't I-40, as that is shut down from a train derailment.

Starting from near Blanding, UT. The winds were fierce all across UT, CO, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, and PA.

Just lovely weather we're having. Just a gentle breeze here in the northern part of the state.

@Jim_H
Looks like the strongest reported gust was at noon at 60 MPH at the airport in Flagstaff. And that was with a sustained breeze of 45 mph. I was out hiking! And now it's raining!

@azbackpackr
The frost on my car here in Flag is a bit shocking to see. Not entirely, as I know it can get that cold even in early June, but after the heat of the last few weeks, frost and ice are somewhat impressive. I head to back to Dead Horse Ranch today, so it should be the last of the cold for a while.

Forecast trends are leaning toward the potential for some unusual moisture to enter the region in about a week and a half. I'm not really sure what that means since "normal" is zero. A 45% chance of more than zero could still be nothing more than a stray cloud somewhere! Is this speculative moisture influx the result of an early monsoonal flow?

Last year had 54 days of 110F or above at PHX, breaking the record, and more than doubling the average of 21 days. It included a stretch of 31 consecutive days of 110 or above.

Today is the first 110 for 2024, and may we all join together and hope that the numbers fall far short of those recorded last year.

@chumley
At least up here in Rim Country, ANY moisture during the May-June drought period usually spells disaster for our Monsoon season, I'm not liking how things are looking at all.

Last out look I saw for July through September was drier than normal for Arizona.

chumley wrote:Forecast trends are leaning toward the potential for some unusual moisture to enter the region in about a week and a half.

Yeah, that turned out just about as I expected it would.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... /index.php

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... cp.new.gif

Early monsoonal flow, or nothing but clouds?