Lightning flash north of the Catalinas about 3:30 am MST this early morning.
Yesterday the WRF runs in the morning (see previous post) kept things very suppressed across the metro area following Saturday's heavy rain event. For some reason the NWS kept POPs at the airport at 50% during the day and through the evening. TUS and DM had a Trace, but the metro area was generally suppressed - nothing here or at Atmo. This is best illustrated by the plot of detected CG flashes (below - from Atmo and Vaisala) valid through 0703 UTC. (Note the ALERT network is displaying old data this morning, and that MesoWest is down for maintenance today.)
The 500 mb analysis this morning (above) shows a large anticyclone with light winds - main center is over west Texas, with a small secondary center near the Four Corners. Plumes from the 06 UTC GEFS runs (below) indicate continued, but light showers for the airport.
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