Quick Look At This Weekend And December 2018 Summary

 First - unusual tropical cyclone could develop into a storm during next 5 days as per NHC above, This would be a very late event, since since TS season ended over a month ago.

The GEFS plume forecasts from 06 UTC continue to indicate a distinct rise in PW (above) from low-latitudes. The plumes for precipitation QPF (below) continue to forecast an event for Sturday night into Sunday. The GEFS average amount for TUS is 0.30" and most ensemble members are clustered around this value. Also looks like another event possible late in the coming week.

SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2018

There were four precipitation events with measurable amounts during the month - two of these were events that spanned midnight and so were two day events. The total for rainfall was 1.23" (vs 0.39" last December), which is the 4th wettest December in my 21 years of record s here at the house. One day had thunderstorms here at house, with a second day possible but unknown.

There were 8 days with morning lows of 32 F or colder (vs 9 days for last December) and 3 of these days had lows of 25 F and colder.