Photo shows more snow and even icicles at Kitt Peak this morning. Rain began after dark here at house last evening and continued past midnight. There were three distinct rain events here
and all were during the night - between sunset and sunrise except for less than a 1/10" which fell yesterday between 7 and 8 am. First event (one could call each of these separate storms embedded within the larger Pacific trough) was on Tuesday night and produced 0.54" of rain here; second events was on Thursday night with 1.18"; and third event was Friday night (last night) with 0.69" in the gauge this morning [four-day total of 2.41"]. Other parts of the state had more spectacular totals and the Salt/Verde drainages have record 5 day totals for rain/snow. Lots of snow; road closures; and wind with the first two events. Here in the southeast part of state there was little lightning and thunder during the four days - none here at house and none at the regular observing sites. This event will certainly help with water supply and dampen the terrible drought we've been experiencing. May be some convective showers today, but we're basically back to watching the evolution of features over the Pacific for the coming week.
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