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Frybry02 wrote:Very disappointed in the lack of rain in the valley. Was looking forward to the "El Nino" predictions.

Yeah rained once in the last 6 weeks.

37 with huge snow flurries then sunny all in one day in April in Chicago?

Crazy for this west coaster.

Heading up to Pinetop in the morning for four days. Weather forecast for tomorrow is a high of 48°.

ASUHATER! wrote:

Frybry02 wrote:Very disappointed in the lack of rain in the valley. Was looking forward to the "El Nino" predictions.

Yeah rained once in the last 6 weeks.

They are predicting a La Nina for next rainy season, meaning dry, so expect flooding.

CalStateTempe wrote:37 with huge snow flurries then sunny all in one day in April in Chicago?

Crazy for this west coaster.

Can we change the title to Denver weather is crazy!!?

Last night was pretty intense. Houston is getting smoked again. Parts of west Houston got 20 inches overnight. We got around 4 at my house. There are currently 70 reported high water rescues underway. We spent an hour in the bathroom with a mattress over us as a tornado passed right over our house. Nothing worse than waking up to the "find shelter immediately" alarm on your phone.

Holy shit Dill. Glad you and your family are safe.

Thanks. It's supposed to rain until Friday.

This is pretty crazy:

http://abc13.com/news/video-reporter-st ... d/1296639/" target="_blank

Very stressful, Dill. In my neck of the woods, we're going through that with uncomfortable frequency.

I-10 closed east of Tucson; 12-vehicle pileup reported





Interstate 10 is closed in both directions east of Tucson from U.S. Highway 191 to Lordsburg, New Mexico, because of blowing dust.

Authorities are reporting a series of weather related crashes on I-10 at San Simon. A total of 12 vehicles are involved in the crashes, according to DPS spokesman Trooper Kameron Lee.

The vehicles involve a tractor-trailer rig, San Simon Fire truck and a DPS SUV.

The Arizona Department of Transportation said the alternate route for drivers during the closure is 110 miles long.

For eastbound motorists, traffic is being routed on U.S. 191 north to U.S. 70 in Safford. Drivers continue into New Mexico and enter I-10 at Lordsburg.






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that damn Willcox Playa

Grapefruit-sized hail in Champaign, Illinois.

Grapefruit-sized hail?

That is insane.

Didn't hit my neighborhood but if it did, I doubt any cats survive.

Haven't gotten this much at my place for an entire year for 4 years now.


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More than 11 inches of rain turned the streets of Vero Beach, Florida, into rivers on Tuesday, wreaking havoc across the city.
Tuesday marked Vero Beach's wettest day on record, receiving 11.22 inches of rain. The coastal city, about 100 miles southeast of Orlando, was left underwater as drenching rain inundated the region.

Going to be like 110-112 in Tucson this weekend...all time record high. Last Thursday it was 80 degrees and 9 days later it will be 112. Hooray summer.

ASUHATER! wrote:Going to be like 110-112 in Tucson this weekend...all time record high. Last Thursday it was 80 degrees and 9 days later it will be 112. Hooray summer.

Get out the coat. Phoenix is supposed to reach 117 on Saturday. I can actually handle the day. It's after dark when it doesn't cool down and still 100 at midnight. Walking the dog becomes a real chore.

Yea that's true. When it's 119 in Phoenix that's bad enough but like you said even at 4 am it is 94 degrees...that's hard to bear

Hey! I get to umpire this weekend! WooHoo!

Catintheheat wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:Going to be like 110-112 in Tucson this weekend...all time record high. Last Thursday it was 80 degrees and 9 days later it will be 112. Hooray summer.

Get out the coat. Phoenix is supposed to reach 117 on Saturday. I can actually handle the day. It's after dark when it doesn't cool down and still 100 at midnight. Walking the dog becomes a real chore.

True. When it's that hot in Phoenix the low is 90. In Tucson it still gets down to 75 at night.

The size of rain drops varies? Yesterday as I drove in a sudden and unpredicted rain storm, each drop made a loud thump and a splat the size of a water balloon. I got home right when it turned into hail, and the most intense rain storm I've ever seen. Like news footage of a hurricane. Lasted an hour, with flash floods and cars floating down the street.

When the storm started, I was listening to a story on NPR about how accurate the science of weather prediction has gotten, and how the only challenge now is effectively using social media to announce forecasts of extreme weather. It wasn't until this storm was half over before any weather service even acknowledged its existence.

Longhorned wrote:The size of rain drops varies?

Yes, and it's because of wind.

When a rain drop forms by condensing around the dust/dirt particles in the air it becomes heavy and starts to fall. If there is an updraft in the storm that droplet will rise back up and collect more water. It will do this repeatedly until the weight of the droplet overcomes the force of the air flowing upward into the thunderhead.

If the top of the thunderhead is high enough the water will freeze. It will then melt as it falls back into the warmer air down below. But if enough ice accumulates it won't completely melt and it will fall as hail. The higher the top of the thunderhead and the more vigorous and violent the winds, the more times that hailstone will rise up collecting more water which then freezes even more making the hailstone bigger and bigger.

Now imagine how much force the updrafts have to be to cause a hailstone to rise so high so often that it becomes baseball or softball size. That's one mean motherfucking thunderstorm......

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:The size of rain drops varies?

Yes, and it's because of wind.

When a rain drop forms by condensing around the dust/dirt particles in the air it becomes heavy and starts to fall. If there is an updraft in the storm that droplet will rise back up and collect more water. It will do this repeatedly until the weight of the droplet overcomes the force of the air flowing upward into the thunderhead.

If the top of the thunderhead is high enough the water will freeze. It will then melt as it falls back into the warmer air down below. But if enough ice accumulates it won't completely melt and it will fall as hail. The higher the top of the thunderhead and the more vigorous and violent the winds, the more times that hailstone will rise up collecting more water which then freezes even more making the hailstone bigger and bigger.

Now imagine how much force the updrafts have to be to cause a hailstone to rise so high so often that it becomes baseball or softball size. That's one mean motherfucking thunderstorm......

Fascinating.

Speaking of rain, weather guy last night said we received 65% of normal during the rainy season which is now over.

Which is not as bad as it sounds since that is the highest amount we have received in 5 years.

Thanks a lot El Nino!

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:The size of rain drops varies?

Yes, and it's because of wind.

When a rain drop forms by condensing around the dust/dirt particles in the air it becomes heavy and starts to fall. If there is an updraft in the storm that droplet will rise back up and collect more water. It will do this repeatedly until the weight of the droplet overcomes the force of the air flowing upward into the thunderhead.

If the top of the thunderhead is high enough the water will freeze. It will then melt as it falls back into the warmer air down below. But if enough ice accumulates it won't completely melt and it will fall as hail. The higher the top of the thunderhead and the more vigorous and violent the winds, the more times that hailstone will rise up collecting more water which then freezes even more making the hailstone bigger and bigger.

Now imagine how much force the updrafts have to be to cause a hailstone to rise so high so often that it becomes baseball or softball size. That's one mean motherfucking thunderstorm......

Awesome! Thanks.

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Today's forecast high of 110° would break the old record of 108° set back in 1912, according to 4WARN Meteorologist Jeff Beamish. If temps reach 110° again today, it would mark the earliest Tucson's recorded three straight 110°+ days.

Yesterday it was 100 degrees by about 915-930 in the morning.

It's already 105°.

78 and partly cloudy here. Same as it was all weekend. Had a blast doing some outdoor stuff with the kids and getting started on building a stone path in my backyard.

Just had a monsoon roll down from the Catalinas! Nice.

Forecast for next weekend is brutal again. I'm seeing up to 115-116 in Tucson and 119-120 in Phoenix on some sites.

I'd love to be able to move back to Tucson and get into that frigid weather again. Monsoons just don't happen often in Central Phoenix.

ASUHATER! wrote:Going to be like 110-112 in Tucson this weekend...all time record high. Last Thursday it was 80 degrees and 9 days later it will be 112. Hooray summer.

The hell you say.

I remember a heat wave in the 1970's that was, I think, 10 days in a row above 110, and the high was 117.

Who is telling you that 112 is a record high?

Edit: Oh, for the date you mean? I can buy that.

Muggy as hell this morning after the big storms yesterday. Doubt it will storm much until the end of the month now.

scumdevils86 wrote:Muggy as hell this morning after the big storms yesterday. Doubt it will storm much until the end of the month now.

Incredibly muggy. I was working on installing a new doggy door this morning and I was drenched after 30 minutes.

Those dog days of August!





Weird spring out here in Cali. Warmer in SF than LA, I guess due to El Nino water temps?

Sunday and Monday the 19th and 20th are going to be absolutely brutal. When it is 120 degrees humidity almost doesn't matter. I wonder if the airports will shut down again.

118-121 in Phoenix

114-117 in Tucson.

Both are within a degree of or will break all time records.

I want to say the hottest temp I can remember here was 113. It was 93 or 94.

I remember the 122 day in Phoenix like 25 years ago. Crazy to think they may come close to meeting that again

ASUHATER! wrote:I remember the 122 day in Phoenix like 25 years ago. Crazy to think they may come close to meeting that again

I remember that, the PHX airport was closed. Jets could not take off.

the weather channel is now showing 8 straight days of 110+ temps in Tucson between the 18th and 25th. I honestly don't think I've seen a stretch of weather that hot ever in Tucson.

103 degrees at 8:30 pm after the sun has set. It's going to be worse the next couple of days. I dream of living in a summer cabin on a Minnesota lake.

Pssh only 93 in Tucson at 1135 pm. Chilly.

105 by 10 AM. Blehh

Wunderground.com says 107° with a max of 120° later. WooHoo!

My phone reduced today's forecast to 115, so we got that going for us today.