Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Thunder And Rain This Morning


Heavy clouds (above) over Tucson at about 6:00 am MST this morning, while Kitt Peak is in the clouds (bottom). Some thunder and light rain currently here at house.


Widespread radar echoes over southeast Arizona at 5:30 am this morning - much as forecast by WRF yesterday. Plot below is of CG flashes for 24-hours ending at about 6:30 am (below) - very active day and night across much of Arizona. There were 10 reports of severe thunderstorms in Arizona yesterday, stretching from east of Tucson out to west-central Arizona long the Colorado River. There was a possible tornado near Willcox that produced 2 injuries.



ALERT 24-hour rainfall amounts for 24-hours ending at 6:00 am (north portion above and south portion below). Seven reports of more than half an inch, with one of those out to southwest of City just over an inch. Here at house we had only 0.08" yesterday evening. More notable rain amounts: Nogales 0.87", Yuma 0.53", TUS 0.42", DM 0.34", and Atmo 0.23".



The morning upper-air sounding at Tucson continues moist with CAPE, and a southwesterly wind profile above 700 mb.



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