The photo below and this one show shots of the Catalinas and of Kitt Peak early this afternoon as a widespread rain event is winding down in the Tucson area. Some convection is possible as the sun is coming out and trying to heat things up a bit, but the general area of showers and rain has moved south and east. This has been a much better event than that of last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Here at the house at 7 am we had gotten 0.37" of rain in the pre-dawn hours, and between then and noon we received another 0.60" of rain. Thus, at this time there has been 0.97" of rain here. At 7 am 41 of the 97 (40%) Pima County ALERT gauges had recorded measurable rainfall and then between 7 am and noon 100% of the gauges recorded rain or snow. So, a nice, widespread precipitation event. At this time the models are forecasting a somewhat similar event to occur across the Borderlands next Wednesday night and Thursday morning. So, the progression of weather systems from the Pacific into the Southwest continues, at least for a few more days, giving us a very interesting el nino winter!
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