Monsoon 2009 First Storm at My House

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-Received approx .10 inch from this storm as it formed overhead.  Storms continuing for many haours after, even now, last look at rainguage 0.80 inches.  Storms cooled us down to the 60’s from 90.  Alos brief strong wind not to severe levels.

Tropical storm Julio’s remnants from home

Tropical storm Julio’s remnants have given us about 1.50 inches so far here in the desert. We will have a couple more days of this enhanced moisture. If it does not rain, we still will have wonderful clouds. Here are a few.

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Yesterdays supercell

We had .86 of an inch yesterday, but none from this storm. It seemed to intensify upon hitting the mountains to the west, getting an orographic bump. Only to have the plug pulled out of it as it fell down into the valley. It did produce an offspring that gave a good rain near to the west, which then just rained out where it stood.

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and coming over

Some of the moisture from this storm was provided by an ex hurricane.

Thundershowers

Thundershowers scooted around us today. Here is the proof.

First the clouds

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Low monsoon days

Today was the first day in about a week it did not rain here. I under a week this pool filed about halfway.  We got it for the dog but she would rather just run through the mud and drink from puddles.  Though in the desert we have many frogs and water beetles manged to get into this pool.

Todays clouds, with distant thundershower.

then the sunset

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contrast

1.53 inches of rain in half hour this morning

Last evening the funnel cloud, the this AM heavy rain and flooding.

I have things to do this morning but I will put photo’s and link to video later.

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TODAYS MONSOON TORNADOES?

Two different funnels produced by the nearby supercell today.

As the wall cloud kept coming closer, we had to ready to hunker out in the middle hallway near the bathroom.

and the earlier one to the east of this one

and the wall cloud getting closer to us with unseen ?

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Funnel producing supercell 15 mi…

Funnel producing supercell 15 min later

This was the same storm which I called into the National Weather Service. The wall cloud This was the same storm which I called into the National Weather Service. The wall cloud section that slowly had rotated with the storm and approached closer from the Southeast but left me unable to see what was beyond the horizon. (more) (less)

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Todays July 12 08 funnel cloud, …

Todays July 12 08 funnel cloud, from southeast Arizona

Today’s southeast Arizona weather

We had .80 of an inch of rain yesterday. The wash in the front yard finally began to flow to make the cottonwoods happy, although some underground water was already moving to them from prior rains.

From excavations I have created small ponds that remain after the surface runoff is over.

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Here are yesterdays sky photo’s. At the Weather Channel they are calling our monsoon season the “summer thunderstorm season”. Last year we had 12 inches in two months here, the year before, 16 inches. Mostly the benefit of the La Nina effects. This year has stared out fine as well with 3 inches in the first 11 days of July.

We have not been told our monsoon season has retired for the summer thunderstorm one. They appear to be letting us down easily by calling the monsoon season a fixed time from June 15 to September 30. Next year perhaps they will drop the monsoon title. I can only figure out two likely reasons to not call a monsoon season such; it does not actually compare to southeast Asia or India ones, or the business interest feel the title scares potential newcomers from coming to a place with a; Oh my God! A monsoon! The monsoons are coming! Run for your lives! You’re crazy to move there! But summer thunderstorms? How cozy.

I really liked the cirrus like clouds above the main cumulus ones

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RAIN COMING into Arizona

Rain complex rotating into southeast Arizona.

If you check out Nexrad radar on the Weather Underground now, you will see this complex looking like it might roll up to Tucson. Tomorrow is said to be the potential big rain day, as a low pressure moves in from Sonora Mexico and stalls a bit over Arizona into the weekend.

With yesterdays nearly an inch here, it’s still the more the merrier.

Well, the rain came

We had .86 of an inch of rain yesterday. It just started raining again this morning. This feels like the tail of that front going through the rest of the US. Deeper moisture from Mexico also seems to be streaming up.   It seems we are entering into a several day period of chances of over .50 inch. The area was slowly greening up, but shortly it will look like Ireland around here. What a difference it will be. All those mid sixty dew point days will be well worth it.

We never know which new plants or insects might show up do to the weather and other timing this monsoon season.

This wolf spider was walking on the floor. I put a hose valve next to it to show its size.

and this mornings damp drive edge, with overflowing water cistern