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The National Weather Service in Tucson has compiled a summary of last week’s winter storms…click here to read it.
A few things you won’t find on there include the 36-40″ of snow up on Mt. Lemmon (according to Ski Valley). Skiiing/snowboarding up there is likely the best they’ve seen in years, thanks to a 65-70″ base! [...]
Pretty viewer photo from Mt. Lemmon Friday morning…sounds like 24″ of snow fell from the Thursday/Friday storm. Now, we’re prepping for valley snow during the overnight hours into Saturday morning.
Snow levels will drop to 3000 feet, with a Winter Storm Warning out for Southeastern Arizona above 4000 feet until 11 AM Saturday. Roads in Santa [...]
Growing up in Minnesota, I’ve been through it all…the Halloween Blizzard of ‘91, the St. Peter Tornado Outbreak of ‘98, numerous nights of 90mph+ straight line winds, etc. What Southern Arizona experienced Thursday without a doubt ranks up there as one of the worst storms I have seen in my lifetime.
Before I get to the [...]
Away we go into the stongest winter storm to hit Southern Arizona in a while. Getting you caught up on the latest advisories, a High Wind Warning is in effect until 8 AM Friday for all of Southeastern Arizona. Sustained winds this afternoon through tomorrow morning will be around 35-45 mph, with anticipated wind gusts [...]
Another day, another round of torrential rains for Southern California. What you see on radar in SoCal is heading in our direction, ahead of one of the biggest winter storms we’ve seen in quite some time.
Here’s the latest on the watches: A High Wind Watch is in effect from Thursday morning until Friday morning for [...]
Courtesy: Joseph Miller
Round #1 is complete & here’s the scene this afternoon from Summerhaven. Mt. Lemmon received 9″ of snow overnight, along with gusty winds on the mountains & in the valleys. Rain/snow totals from this latest storm look this way…
SNOW TOTALS:
Mt. Graham: 12″
Greenlee County: 10″
Mt. Lemmon: 9″
Cochise County >5000 ft: Trace-3″
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER [...]
A Blizzard Watch is now posted above 7000 feet from Thursday morning until Friday morning, as round #2 moves into Southern Arizona. Damaging winds, white-out conditions & 1-2 feet of snow are possible for the mountains during this time frame.
In addition, a High Wind Watch is posted for all of Southeastern Arizona for the same [...]
How about this…the red boxes indicating Tornado Warnings for Los Angeles & Orange Counties this afternoon! See the hook-shaped radar signature just west of Santa Ana? That’s where the potential for a tornado exists. Around 1 PM Pacific time, a waterspout was sighted just off the coast near Seal Beach in Orange County.
The radar loop actually showed this storm [...]
Don’t let the sunny skies this afternoon fool you…we’re still bracing for a winter storm in Southern Arizona. Our Winter Storm Watch for locales above 6500 feet will now start at 6 pm this evening & will end at 11 am tomorrow. Heavy snow & strong winds up to 45 mph are expected in the mountains of [...]
Want an idea of what’s coming to Southern Arizona tomorrow? This was the view late this afternoon from Ocean Beach in San Diego, where roadways are under water across Southern California. A good 1-2″ rain has fallen in San Diego County, with showers and storms expected tonight.
It’s rare when you see radar lit up like this over San [...]
