We had 2.5 inches out of last week's rains. it was cold and wet and now I'm cold with a cold! Not sure if its improving or not. Be back in a couple of days.
cheers,
shamba
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
3rd storm coming
From www.azcentral.com weather.
"Today's forecast: Stronger, wetter storm coming
by Sarah Walters - Jan. 20, 2010 01:41 AM
12 News Weather Plus Meteorologist
The second of a series of storms is moving out quickly this morning, but light rain and snow showers are still expected to continue in eastern Arizona. Expect quiet, dry weather for today, with partly cloudy skies. Clouds increase from the west this afternoon, ahead of our 3rd storm, and we pick up a 50% chance of rain showers in the Valley this evening. After midnight, rain and snow chances across the state increase.
Thursday morning, things really start to ramp up, where heavy rain and snow are likely in Arizona. Expect it to rain and snow all day long, and continue into Friday, as this third storm is stronger, wetter, and slower-moving. There's also a chance of embedded thunderstorms which could contain lightning, heavy downpours, and small hail. Not only that, but strong winds are expected by Thursday night with winds up to 50 mph. Winds will be even stronger in southeast Arizona, where a High Wind Watch is in effect for winds up to 65 mph.
By the end of the week, this 3rd storm will have dumped 2"-4" of additional rainfall across Valley locations. Higher elevations north and east of Phoenix could see 5"+. Because of the heavy rainfall accumulation expected, normally dry washes and streams are expected to flood so a Flash Flood Watch has been issued for the Phoenix metro and surrounding areas from 6am Thursday, through 5pm Friday. There is also a Flood Watch for areas south of the Mogollon Rim from Thursday morning through Saturday morning, as heavy rain of up to 7" is possible, along with melting snow. These watches mean that Flood & Flash Flood Warnings could be occur at anytime during the watch period, so be sure to monitor the weather on our 24-hour weather channel, 12 News Weather Plus. You can find it on Cox Digital Cable 83, Qwest Choice TV 66, over the air 12.2, or on www.12news.azcentral.com.
In the High Country, rain and snow will start to pick up again this afternoon and evening, and really ramp up after midnight. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect along the Rim, from Flagstaff down into the White Mountains area starting tonight and lasting through Friday evening. Snowfall rates are expected to become quite heavy after midnight and continue throughout the day on Thursday. Strong winds up to 50 mph are also expected, which could lead to white-out, near blizzard conditions.
That watch could eventually turn into a Winter Storm Warning or Blizzard Warning for the High Country. When it's all said and done by Saturday morning, this 3rd storm could dump and additional 2' – 4' of snowfall above 7000', with those higher amounts for the White Mountains area. The Flagstaff area is expected to get 2'-3' of additional accumulation by Saturday morning.
There's also a Blizzard Watch above 7,000' in southeast Arizona from Thursday morning through Friday morning. Heavy snow will be possible at times with up to 1'-2' two-day total accumulation expected. Winds in these areas will get up to 65 mph though, which means that white-out & blizzard conditions are likely. This also includes the higher elevations around the Tucson metro area. This watch could eventually turn into a Blizzard Warning.
Rain and snow chances will be dwindling late Friday into Saturday, as this 3rd punch exits Arizona. Drier, quiet conditions can be expected by Saturday afternoon. Most of the weekend looks good… with drier and slightly warmer weather. Valley highs for the rest of the week are only expected to warm into the upper 50s low 60s, and then warm into the mid 60s by Sunday and Monday.
The majority of next week looks dry, but there's the possibility of another storm moving through the southwest on Tuesday/Wednesday. Too early to tell at this point on the timing and intensity of this storm, but we will be watching it… being that we are in a moderate to strong El Nino pattern this winter. "
"Today's forecast: Stronger, wetter storm coming
by Sarah Walters - Jan. 20, 2010 01:41 AM
12 News Weather Plus Meteorologist
The second of a series of storms is moving out quickly this morning, but light rain and snow showers are still expected to continue in eastern Arizona. Expect quiet, dry weather for today, with partly cloudy skies. Clouds increase from the west this afternoon, ahead of our 3rd storm, and we pick up a 50% chance of rain showers in the Valley this evening. After midnight, rain and snow chances across the state increase.
Thursday morning, things really start to ramp up, where heavy rain and snow are likely in Arizona. Expect it to rain and snow all day long, and continue into Friday, as this third storm is stronger, wetter, and slower-moving. There's also a chance of embedded thunderstorms which could contain lightning, heavy downpours, and small hail. Not only that, but strong winds are expected by Thursday night with winds up to 50 mph. Winds will be even stronger in southeast Arizona, where a High Wind Watch is in effect for winds up to 65 mph.
By the end of the week, this 3rd storm will have dumped 2"-4" of additional rainfall across Valley locations. Higher elevations north and east of Phoenix could see 5"+. Because of the heavy rainfall accumulation expected, normally dry washes and streams are expected to flood so a Flash Flood Watch has been issued for the Phoenix metro and surrounding areas from 6am Thursday, through 5pm Friday. There is also a Flood Watch for areas south of the Mogollon Rim from Thursday morning through Saturday morning, as heavy rain of up to 7" is possible, along with melting snow. These watches mean that Flood & Flash Flood Warnings could be occur at anytime during the watch period, so be sure to monitor the weather on our 24-hour weather channel, 12 News Weather Plus. You can find it on Cox Digital Cable 83, Qwest Choice TV 66, over the air 12.2, or on www.12news.azcentral.com.
In the High Country, rain and snow will start to pick up again this afternoon and evening, and really ramp up after midnight. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect along the Rim, from Flagstaff down into the White Mountains area starting tonight and lasting through Friday evening. Snowfall rates are expected to become quite heavy after midnight and continue throughout the day on Thursday. Strong winds up to 50 mph are also expected, which could lead to white-out, near blizzard conditions.
That watch could eventually turn into a Winter Storm Warning or Blizzard Warning for the High Country. When it's all said and done by Saturday morning, this 3rd storm could dump and additional 2' – 4' of snowfall above 7000', with those higher amounts for the White Mountains area. The Flagstaff area is expected to get 2'-3' of additional accumulation by Saturday morning.
There's also a Blizzard Watch above 7,000' in southeast Arizona from Thursday morning through Friday morning. Heavy snow will be possible at times with up to 1'-2' two-day total accumulation expected. Winds in these areas will get up to 65 mph though, which means that white-out & blizzard conditions are likely. This also includes the higher elevations around the Tucson metro area. This watch could eventually turn into a Blizzard Warning.
Rain and snow chances will be dwindling late Friday into Saturday, as this 3rd punch exits Arizona. Drier, quiet conditions can be expected by Saturday afternoon. Most of the weekend looks good… with drier and slightly warmer weather. Valley highs for the rest of the week are only expected to warm into the upper 50s low 60s, and then warm into the mid 60s by Sunday and Monday.
The majority of next week looks dry, but there's the possibility of another storm moving through the southwest on Tuesday/Wednesday. Too early to tell at this point on the timing and intensity of this storm, but we will be watching it… being that we are in a moderate to strong El Nino pattern this winter. "
2 Storms Report
Out of Monday nights storm Phoenix got about ½ inch. Out of Tuesday night’s storm we got almost 1 inch; this are based on the figures from local TV on what the official rain gage at Sky Harbor airport registered. The cities located around Phoenix mostly got significantly more rain. Some parts town did lose power for a couple of hours, APS houses. [Arizona Public Service. Mine is Salt River Project.]
Tuesday afternoon there were what seemed like zillions of all sized cloud coming into the area and they all melded together into a very darkened sky about late afternoon. The rain sprinkled a little about 6 p.m. but started in earnest at 7 p.m. and from there it was a steady medium rain until about 11 p.m. here where I live. During the following hours it cleared out completely and we had a bright, very fresh clean feeling morning. Oh, boy, do the plants all like this moisture.
There is no sign of the next storm yet, but it’s likely to come in and start raining during the night. This one is predicted to give Phoenix 1-2 inches of rain.
Northern part of the state got lots of snow and this next storm is expected to give even more snow than the last two together but that does depend on the part of the state.
Also, picked up my first share of the CSA stuff. Boy, they are in a not so easy to find location. It’s temporary until new offices are renovated by this summer. It was: turnips, 3 oranges, carrots, a pick of 3 herbs (cilantro was my choice) wheatberries, bok choy, spring mix and one more I can’t remember at the moment. There’s a lot of the bok choy in one of those bunches.
peace, shamba
Tuesday afternoon there were what seemed like zillions of all sized cloud coming into the area and they all melded together into a very darkened sky about late afternoon. The rain sprinkled a little about 6 p.m. but started in earnest at 7 p.m. and from there it was a steady medium rain until about 11 p.m. here where I live. During the following hours it cleared out completely and we had a bright, very fresh clean feeling morning. Oh, boy, do the plants all like this moisture.
There is no sign of the next storm yet, but it’s likely to come in and start raining during the night. This one is predicted to give Phoenix 1-2 inches of rain.
Northern part of the state got lots of snow and this next storm is expected to give even more snow than the last two together but that does depend on the part of the state.
Also, picked up my first share of the CSA stuff. Boy, they are in a not so easy to find location. It’s temporary until new offices are renovated by this summer. It was: turnips, 3 oranges, carrots, a pick of 3 herbs (cilantro was my choice) wheatberries, bok choy, spring mix and one more I can’t remember at the moment. There’s a lot of the bok choy in one of those bunches.
peace, shamba
Monday, January 18, 2010
Evening Update, January 18th
Accuweather forecast info for the week:
Phoenix, AZ
15-Day Forecast
Monday, January 18, 2010
WeatherAlarm™!
Heavy rain occurring on Jan 18 | Jan 19 | Jan 20 | Jan 21 | Jan 22.
Total amount 7.09 Inches. [Bolding is mine.]
More info and serious preparedness warnings for coming stormy week:
Local broadcast news has serious messages about preparedness for local storm effect.
They are really stressing being prepared for power outages, communicating with family members and, because of possible heavy rains at the end of the week, they are seriously warning about flooding. Like any place, if we get too much rain too fast we’ve got flooding problems. This is mostly in more north of Phoenix but parts of town can get flooded. They are talking about kinds of walkie talkies that can be used for emerencies and bug-out bags if you’re in areas where you could be evacuated.
AZcentral.com
“The first of a series of storms will move through the state today bringing a chance of rain and snow. Expect considerable cloudiness and about a 50% chance of rain in the Valley during the day. Rain chances increase tonight, and by tomorrow morning, Valley rainfall totals will range from .25"-1". Heavier rainfall will be possible in the higher elevations north and east of the Valley where up to 2" of accumulation is possible. It's also going to be a bit breezy today, with winds up to 10-20 mph, gusting to 30.
Snow showers can also be expected all day in the High Country, where they will receive 1"-3" of during the day. The snowfall will pick up by this evening and overnight, where moderate to heavy snow is possible. By tomorrow afternoon, after this first storm has passes, 6"-12" of accumulation is expected above 6,000'.
Because of the snowfall expected up north, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from noon today, through noon Tuesday.
There's a chance of precipitation in the state, each and every day this week, as we are currently in an El Nino pattern. We are in a moderate to strong El Nino, which means the jet stream has shifted into a position where it acts as a conveyor belt, allowing a series of storms to move through the state, one after the other. The second storm will move through Arizona Tuesday night, through Wednesday. This second storm will bring an additional .5"-1" of rainfall in the Valley, and another 6"-12" of snow up north, above 5,500'.
ALERT! The third storm set move through the state on Thursday looks to be stronger and wetter than the previous two. We're expecting strong winds with winds up over 40 mph in some locations, along with the possibility of thunderstorms as well. The main threat with this storm will be an increase in precipitation intensity, and higher snow levels which could cause significant snow melt and flash flooding will be possible. The snow level will start out at 8,000' and eventually drop down to 5,500' by Thursday night. New snowfall totals by Friday are expected to be up to 1-2 feet of additional accumulation.
To get the latest weather forecast go to our 24-hour weather channel, 12 News Weather Plus. You can find it on Cox Digital Cable 83, Qwest Choice TV 66, over the air 12.2, or on www.12news.azcentral.com.”
peace for tonight anyway,
shamba
Phoenix, AZ
15-Day Forecast
Monday, January 18, 2010
WeatherAlarm™!
Heavy rain occurring on Jan 18 | Jan 19 | Jan 20 | Jan 21 | Jan 22.
Total amount 7.09 Inches. [Bolding is mine.]
More info and serious preparedness warnings for coming stormy week:
Local broadcast news has serious messages about preparedness for local storm effect.
They are really stressing being prepared for power outages, communicating with family members and, because of possible heavy rains at the end of the week, they are seriously warning about flooding. Like any place, if we get too much rain too fast we’ve got flooding problems. This is mostly in more north of Phoenix but parts of town can get flooded. They are talking about kinds of walkie talkies that can be used for emerencies and bug-out bags if you’re in areas where you could be evacuated.
AZcentral.com
“The first of a series of storms will move through the state today bringing a chance of rain and snow. Expect considerable cloudiness and about a 50% chance of rain in the Valley during the day. Rain chances increase tonight, and by tomorrow morning, Valley rainfall totals will range from .25"-1". Heavier rainfall will be possible in the higher elevations north and east of the Valley where up to 2" of accumulation is possible. It's also going to be a bit breezy today, with winds up to 10-20 mph, gusting to 30.
Snow showers can also be expected all day in the High Country, where they will receive 1"-3" of during the day. The snowfall will pick up by this evening and overnight, where moderate to heavy snow is possible. By tomorrow afternoon, after this first storm has passes, 6"-12" of accumulation is expected above 6,000'.
Because of the snowfall expected up north, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from noon today, through noon Tuesday.
There's a chance of precipitation in the state, each and every day this week, as we are currently in an El Nino pattern. We are in a moderate to strong El Nino, which means the jet stream has shifted into a position where it acts as a conveyor belt, allowing a series of storms to move through the state, one after the other. The second storm will move through Arizona Tuesday night, through Wednesday. This second storm will bring an additional .5"-1" of rainfall in the Valley, and another 6"-12" of snow up north, above 5,500'.
ALERT! The third storm set move through the state on Thursday looks to be stronger and wetter than the previous two. We're expecting strong winds with winds up over 40 mph in some locations, along with the possibility of thunderstorms as well. The main threat with this storm will be an increase in precipitation intensity, and higher snow levels which could cause significant snow melt and flash flooding will be possible. The snow level will start out at 8,000' and eventually drop down to 5,500' by Thursday night. New snowfall totals by Friday are expected to be up to 1-2 feet of additional accumulation.
To get the latest weather forecast go to our 24-hour weather channel, 12 News Weather Plus. You can find it on Cox Digital Cable 83, Qwest Choice TV 66, over the air 12.2, or on www.12news.azcentral.com.”
peace for tonight anyway,
shamba
Rain Rain coming ...
We’ve got 3, count ‘em, 3 big storms coming our way this week. As a matter of fact, the first one is here as of this morning. I woke up to rain, quiet easy but steady rain. It went on for another hour or so and has let up for the time being. It’s lovely, if the whole week is this wet and not pouring it will be really pleasant, I think.
And, yes, these storms are courtesy of the Southwest Deserts’ friend, El Nino. El Nino is the weather pattern that appears every few years, 5-10, I think. And it seems to cause lots of problem when it disrupts the usual weather pattern in North and South America but here in Arizona and in Southern California it is good for more rain than usual in the winter.
Channel 12, NBC broadcast affiliate, said the first two storms are Mon-Tuesday night and we can expect ½ - 1 inch of rain in Phoenix metro area. The next storm is wetter and maybe 1-3 inches of rain.
My one grey tabby female won’t be happy with this rain but we got to have it! These 3 storms will cover the whole state and bring rain in the deserts and snow in the high country. I ought to have a map of Arizona to link to when I mention these things so I can find them on the map and maybe, if anyone is checking in here, they could see it, too. Possible 4th or 5th storms were mentioned in one forecast I heard on local TV.
I’ll have to move the plants on the front porch out a little so they can get some of the rain, fresh from the sky this week. Maybe we’ll catch up on our lack of precipitation; it seems to me we’re an inch or two down from where we should be this time of year. But then I can hardly remember a time in my life when I’ve ever heard that we had an “excess” of rain/precipitation either!
The new CSA session starts on Wednesday and I have to take my contract and check over there and turn it in and get my first load of food from there! I hope my contact can email more specific directions than I have so I can find them in the hospital complex they distribute from. I know where the major cross streets are but it’s a big complex.
Good heavens, I just found my name on Chile’s Chews local blog list! Right there in the list with Solar Oven Chef!
Of course, local blogs are valuable to those living in similar locations, I know because I read chile’s and the Solar Chef myself. My thanks to chile!
Peace to All, shamba
And, yes, these storms are courtesy of the Southwest Deserts’ friend, El Nino. El Nino is the weather pattern that appears every few years, 5-10, I think. And it seems to cause lots of problem when it disrupts the usual weather pattern in North and South America but here in Arizona and in Southern California it is good for more rain than usual in the winter.
Channel 12, NBC broadcast affiliate, said the first two storms are Mon-Tuesday night and we can expect ½ - 1 inch of rain in Phoenix metro area. The next storm is wetter and maybe 1-3 inches of rain.
My one grey tabby female won’t be happy with this rain but we got to have it! These 3 storms will cover the whole state and bring rain in the deserts and snow in the high country. I ought to have a map of Arizona to link to when I mention these things so I can find them on the map and maybe, if anyone is checking in here, they could see it, too. Possible 4th or 5th storms were mentioned in one forecast I heard on local TV.
I’ll have to move the plants on the front porch out a little so they can get some of the rain, fresh from the sky this week. Maybe we’ll catch up on our lack of precipitation; it seems to me we’re an inch or two down from where we should be this time of year. But then I can hardly remember a time in my life when I’ve ever heard that we had an “excess” of rain/precipitation either!
The new CSA session starts on Wednesday and I have to take my contract and check over there and turn it in and get my first load of food from there! I hope my contact can email more specific directions than I have so I can find them in the hospital complex they distribute from. I know where the major cross streets are but it’s a big complex.
Good heavens, I just found my name on Chile’s Chews local blog list! Right there in the list with Solar Oven Chef!
Of course, local blogs are valuable to those living in similar locations, I know because I read chile’s and the Solar Chef myself. My thanks to chile!
Peace to All, shamba
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
January 13th: Happy New Year!
I’m keeping on with my “using up leftovers and produce” even if the challenge is over. I drove out to the Thunderbird Banner Hospital to find out where the CSA produce is located. I’m taking over the payment and the contract for their next session next Wednesday.
A very grand lady I met on the internet in my scifi days has passed away at her home in Missouri. Her husband and some of her children were with her. Bluetopaz had a lung cancer and she was in her late 70s. She was a bright light and I’ll miss her. I'm very glad I took the pictures of her that I have now.
On January 6th, news on local NBC affiliate reported “fewer’ jobs lost than expected” in December 2008. A turn around may only be a few months away, the anchor said. I doubt it but I live in interesting times I guess.
Cheers, shamba
A very grand lady I met on the internet in my scifi days has passed away at her home in Missouri. Her husband and some of her children were with her. Bluetopaz had a lung cancer and she was in her late 70s. She was a bright light and I’ll miss her. I'm very glad I took the pictures of her that I have now.
On January 6th, news on local NBC affiliate reported “fewer’ jobs lost than expected” in December 2008. A turn around may only be a few months away, the anchor said. I doubt it but I live in interesting times I guess.
Cheers, shamba
Sunday, January 3, 2010
It was a Christmas and now A Happy New Year!
chsitmas Day seemed to be all about cats and their servants! :)I cooked and fed my cats on Christmas Day. Then I went to my friends' house for Christmas dinner and she was doing the main cooking and her husband was feeding their 10 plus cats. He's the one with the soft heart for cats actually.
Another friend came later with her cooking after having fed her 10 plus cats!
Donna laid out all the good china and crystal bgoblets on the lovely table and of, course, the their main dish of Hungarian stuffed cabbage. Her husband is a first generation a Hungarian American. We had a grand afternoon the food was good and we laughed a LOT! A lot of strange cat and some dog stories, too. We would have bored the heck out of someone who wasn't an animal fancier. :)
This is the first Christmas in my whole life, I didn’t have anything planned for the day. so, 3 good friends and ex-coworkers ahad a very good time together.
Later in the week: I was possessed by cleaning out the corner of one room that hasn't been touched in years.
More stuff to goodwill, old yoga/exercise leotards and leggings that don’t fit. I’ve got plenty left that fit just fine. Fixed the green shawl, made one sweater into a cat bed, it was just oo full of holes to fix, fixed 2 others to be able to weat them again.
Sewing is the only mending left. That corner of the computer room looks a lot better than it did with all the mending waiting to be done.
Waste Not: A few more things to the Good will; stuffed animals, cleaned and washed; old leotards from yoga years ago that are not in style anymore. I can wear most of them them but they’re an old styleand I have enough newer things. Only box in the computer room closet will be Christmas decorations. It is much less congested.
Fixed 3 sweaters to wear again; one went for an outside cat bed—and they like it!—and shawl is fixed and functional again.
Want Not: I went through stores; moved all the newer cans of food to the right shelves.
Build community food systems: Got contract for next CSA session.
I don't really think that 2010 will much that much better than 2009, if it's better at all, but I'll see what I can do to make it better.
Peace, Shamba
Another friend came later with her cooking after having fed her 10 plus cats!
Donna laid out all the good china and crystal bgoblets on the lovely table and of, course, the their main dish of Hungarian stuffed cabbage. Her husband is a first generation a Hungarian American. We had a grand afternoon the food was good and we laughed a LOT! A lot of strange cat and some dog stories, too. We would have bored the heck out of someone who wasn't an animal fancier. :)
This is the first Christmas in my whole life, I didn’t have anything planned for the day. so, 3 good friends and ex-coworkers ahad a very good time together.
Later in the week: I was possessed by cleaning out the corner of one room that hasn't been touched in years.
More stuff to goodwill, old yoga/exercise leotards and leggings that don’t fit. I’ve got plenty left that fit just fine. Fixed the green shawl, made one sweater into a cat bed, it was just oo full of holes to fix, fixed 2 others to be able to weat them again.
Sewing is the only mending left. That corner of the computer room looks a lot better than it did with all the mending waiting to be done.
Waste Not: A few more things to the Good will; stuffed animals, cleaned and washed; old leotards from yoga years ago that are not in style anymore. I can wear most of them them but they’re an old styleand I have enough newer things. Only box in the computer room closet will be Christmas decorations. It is much less congested.
Fixed 3 sweaters to wear again; one went for an outside cat bed—and they like it!—and shawl is fixed and functional again.
Want Not: I went through stores; moved all the newer cans of food to the right shelves.
Build community food systems: Got contract for next CSA session.
I don't really think that 2010 will much that much better than 2009, if it's better at all, but I'll see what I can do to make it better.
Peace, Shamba
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