Monday, April 13, 2026

Windy And Slight Chance For Showers

Note added Tuesday - several sites northwest of the Catalinas had sprinkles and a Trace yesterday afternoon. Nothing here at the house.


Clouds and a bit of virga overhead at 7:30 am MST this morning, but with some blue sky off to the north.


NWS graphic shows forecast wind gusts for southeast Arizona (above) - gusts at the airport yesterday reached 32 mph.


 Plumes for QPF (from 09 UTC runs at SPC) shown above indicating chances for light showers into tonight. Current NWS forecast for the airport below. There has been no rain here at the house since the end of March.

Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Isolated Showers End March

View of the Catalinas at 2:00 pm MST yesterday afternoon, March 31st. Reports across the ALERT Network are shown below for 24-hours ending at 8 am this morning. Here at the house we had 0.01" a bit before 2 pm. Monthly total for March was 0.28", with rainfall on only two days. I did note a thunderstorm on the 9th. The month closed out with considerable winds and dust.