Saturday, March 27, 2021

Wind But No Rain

 

Clouds, including some lenticulars, hanging on and over the Catalinas at 6:24 am MST this morning. There was no rain at lower elevations yesterday, and the WRF model at Atmo was the better forecast yesterday among the GEFS, GFS, and NWS. However, the winds were stronger than forecast, with gusts at the airport from 20 to 33 mph during the afternoon.

Precipitation reports for the 24-hours ending at 6:00 am today - above from ALERT and below from MesoWest. There were a total of 5 sites with measurable rain, all in the Catalinas, Galiuro Mountains, and Mt. Graham. The rest of southern Arizona was precipitation-free.


The GEFS temperature forecast from 06 UTC (above) indicates warm and warmer now through Easter. While the 00 UTC WRF-GFS forecast below indicates that almost all of Arizona will be dry through the end of March.

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