Snowman Mike with a Snowicane Update
Snowman Mike Talks Texas and Moscow Snow
Global Warming Update
Winter Storm Warning, 3pm – 11am
Rain and snow moving in from a vigorous storm that is tapping some tropical moisture. How low will snow levels go? 3,500 feet, maybe lower. Yuma getting soaked and rain and snow is likely for southeast Arizona this afternoon through tomorrow morning:
Winter Storm Watch Tomorrow Afternoon – Thursday AM
Tucson Weather: Rainfall Reports from Around Town
Rainfall Totals and Counting. UPDATE: Totals from Rainlog.org
Thanx to KOLD’s Meteorologist Erin Jordan for the totals. You can read them here.
Erin also reports that Tucson’s official rain gauge had 1.05″ of rain since midnight (still have all day to go!) shattering the old record of .60″ It’s now the 7th wettest January on record.
Other rainfall amounts range from 1 to 3 inches in the Catalina’s, generally and inch around town. Looks like we had about an inch and a third near the apartment!
UPDATE: Here are the totals from Rainlog.org for the Tucson area. I believe these numbers reflect the last 24 hours ending at 7:00 this morning. Click on the pic for the interactive map. Looks like I had just under an inch here near the apartment.
Most of the rain fell after midnight on the 22nd.
Guaranteed White Christmas
Overton Hotel in Lubbock, Looking West
Thanx to the internets! There is a Christmas Blizzard brewing right now pretty much over Lubbock, Texas’ head. The storm started as rain in California, but brought snow to some areas south of Tucson. The storm sank further southward than originally expected and the forecast for Lubbock changed from rain and some snow to some rain and more snow! Right now the Hub City is covered with about 6″ and it’s coming down sideways. The 7am observation at LBB is: “Snow, Freezing Fog, Blowing Snow and Windy, 26.” I’m jealous, especially since I should have been there had I had a few extra $$s. Thankfully, there is the internets.
This gathering storm is now plowing east. The kids and grandkids north of Dallas are under a Winter Storm Warning and they could see rain changing to snow by this afternoon and maybe an inch or three just in time for Christmas!
Add this snow to what is already on the ground and a large chuck of the U.S. is fixin’ ta have a White Christmas. If you aren’t, then just surf some web cams, put on some Bing Crosby and dare to dream!
Snow Cover early AM the 24th.
Mt. Lemmon Pics from Down Below
Here are a couple of shots I took this morning. Unfortunately, we were on the southern end of the storm that hit, so the snow level was pretty high. About 6,000 feet. So, the 1-2 feet of snow that fell fell mainly on the mountain top. The good news was there was a great fetch of Pacific moisture and the strong upslope wind caused a lot of snow to fall where it did! I’m too busy with work today (that’s a good thing) to make a trip to the snow, but here’s how it looks from below:
Partial Cactus Frame
Taken From Catalina State Park Entrance
Storm Totals for Mt. Lemmon Plus Destruction Video
Mt. Lemmon with a foot of new snow from the storm! KGUN9′s Chief Meteorologist Erin Christiansen points out the snow totals:
Snow in them there hills!
KGUN9 “On Your Side”‘s Joel Waldman spent the night on Mt. Lemmon during the storm and shows us the destruction from the storm. Power could be out for a day or two weeks or somewhere in between.
UPDATE: KOLD Meteorologist Erin Jordan reports Mt. Lemmon received 12-24″ of snow! She also recaps the storm on the KOLD Climate Community Blog.
