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Radar stop #1 takes us north of Tucson, where a cluster of storms continues to hug the higher terrain of the Catalinas. Rainfall has been reported on Dove Mountain and near Catalina, but nothing measurable according to the Pima County Flood Control rain gauges.
Storm movement remains stationary. Expect some lightning strikes with this cluster, and [...]
1 PM: Radar’s starting to pick up a small cluster of storms from Pusch Ridge to west of highway 79. These storms may produce gusty winds, frequent lightning strikes and even some pea-sized hail. Movement has been fairly stationary. Rainfall amounts will remain very light.
Hope you all had a great weekend! We’re taking another step closer to the on-set of the Monsoon, as isolated dry thunderstorms are in the forecast for Tucson Tuesday & Wednesday. Here’s my breakdown, from Sunday’s 5:30 pm newscast…
By now, you know of all the effects the BP oil spill is having on coastlines stretching from Louisiana to Florida. But is it possible the oil spill (and all the chemical dispersants dropped on the spill area) could dirty the Monsoon rainfall in Southern Arizona? One viewer asked me just that…
Three reasons why it [...]
Here’s a peek at your weekend weather, from Friday’s 6 pm newscast. On the TV side & print side this weekend, so catch my forecast in the morning in the Arizona Daily Star and at 5:30 pm & 10 pm on News 4 Tucson!
The wave of showers & storms over Mexico has reached the southeastern part of Cochise County. Radar at 5 pm shows light to moderate rain falling near Douglas/Pirtleville, with the heaviest activity to the south & east of Portal. This is all moving northwest at 10 mph. As of 5:15 pm, Douglas has received 0.30″ [...]
As I promised yesterday, some moisture has crept in from the southeast. Good amount of clouds out there this afternoon…here’s what the Catalina Mountains looked like at 3 pm.
That mid-level moisture combined with daytime heating has formed isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, as you can see from radar. These are pushing slowly northwest at 10 mph. [...]
There seems to be a fine line separating where the Monsoon moisture is and where it isn’t. Evidence of that is above, with cumulus clouds building in the Chiricahua Mountains & eastward. Nothing but severe clear over the remainder of Southern Arizona, thanks to a dry southwesterly flow.
So where is all that Monsoon moisture? This [...]
Here’s your Southern Arizona forecast, from my weathercast this evening on News 4 Tucson at 6 pm…
And here’s an update on the wildfires in Flagstaff, from my good friend & 12 News’ Ed Tribble…
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We’re in the height of wildfire season in Arizona, with three wildfires charring portions of Flagstaff. The largest fire of the three is the Schultz Fire, which ignited Sunday afternoon. As of 9 PM Sunday, the Schultz Fire was 3,000 acres.
This fire is so large, that satellite imagery was able to pick up the massive [...]
