Cold Wind Blowing

It is a nasty morning across Tucson area, with strong east winds bringing in some dust. View above from campus was at 9:15 am MST.  View at bottom, looking northeast from downtown, was at 9:20 am.

Current wind gusts (above) at 9:15 am from the Univ. of Utah MesoWest site. Below is forecast, from the 12 UTC run of the WRF-HRRR run at Atmo, showing forecast precipitation through 6:00 am tomorrow morning. Model indicates only some scattered, light precipitation across Pima County.

Current morning forecast (below, from the NWS) for the airport indicates slight precipitation chances today, followed by cold morning lows rest of week.

Brief Summary 2024

Small shower over Catalina Foothills at 4:00 pm on July 25th.

There were three months during the year with no precipitation (May, Oct, and Dec). Total rainfall for the other nine months totalled 11.78 inches. The wettest month was July with 3.72 inches.

There were 24 days with thunderstorms here at the house (as usual, I probably missed hearing thunder on a few days). Winds I estimated at 50 to 60 mph on July 18th destroyed our wooden, front gate - thus, one severe thunderstorm occurred here.

I noted no snowfall here. The coldest morning low occurred on January 9th when the temperature dropped to 21 F.

All-in-all, a pretty quiet weather year.

Unsettled Rest Of Week

Dreary view of Catalinas at 8:40 am MST this morning. Photo at bottom shows unusual ski conditions at the Capital yesterday morning.

Digging 500 mb short-wave over the Great Basin and California will impact our weather here for rest of the week.

The 06 UTC WRF-GFS forecasts dry conditions for Pima County through early Saturday morning (above); however, it predicts very windy conditions at the airport for tomorrow (below).

Current morning forecast from NWS Forecast Office (below) indicates chances for rain and snow mixed throughWednesday. So, finally a chance for some winter weather.