More On Recent Cold Mornings

After the morning low of 36F here, near the Rillito Wash, on Friday morning, the lows have moderated a bit.  Here at the house we had 41F (56F) yesterday and 42F (56F) this morning, Sunday October 28th - temperatures in parens are lows observed at TUS. At 6 am yesterday morning it was 41F here and a mild 62F at TUS - as was nicely predicted by Atmo's WRF-GFS model (see earlier post). Substantial gradient of 21F between here and the airport. We are members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and today's news letter from Sleeping Frog Farms (below) brought bad news about a damaging freeze there on Thursday night/Friday morning.

Hello friends,
 
This week we experienced our first freeze of the season. On Thursday night, the thermometer descended to a very wintery 29 degrees and as a result, the cucumbers, beans, sweet potato greens, and summer squash were all lost. So get your fill of summer fruits this weekend, as it might be your last chance.

The farm is located in the San Pedro Valley at Cascabel, north of Benson. This is on the east side of the Rincons.

Finally, just to stay in touch with the east coast mega-storm, Hurricane Sandy is shown in the visible image below at 1345 UTC this morning. The storm is looking more like a hurricane this morning. All the media weathercasters seem to be doing their reports today out in the wind and the rain from the Carolinas to Long Island. Where will Al Roker be the next two mornings?