Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Damp And Dreary Morning



Rain along the foothills at 7:15 am MST this morning. Visible satellite image (below) from 1403 UTC shows deep convection out to our west.


Plot of CG flashes detected for 24 hours ending at 1403 UTC (above) shows much recent thunderstorm activity across parts of the metro area and westward.

Observations from the ALERT network (above and below) show widespread rainfall across the northern part of the array, with more scattered reports to the south.

Here at house there was 0.14" in the gauge at 6:00 am and it has been raining lightly, off and on, since then. The airport has had 0.01", DM a Trace, and Atmo 0.06".


The morning sounding from TWC/TUS (above) shows deep westerly flow and considerable CAPE, with PW of 1.63". The QPF plumes from the 06 UTC GEFS (below) indicate a rainy day and night, followed by a dry-out through the weekend. The current NWS morning forecast (bottom) indicates declining POPs at the airport through Wednesday night.

Really nice to get some rain here after a very dry start to September!


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