Official Arizona Weather Thread

[Gaddabout]

Not a drop of rain in east Mesa. Barely saw an ominous cloud. Nature has forsaken me for yet another day.

 

[Hollywood]

Not a drop of rain in east Mesa. Barely saw an ominous cloud. Nature has forsaken me for yet another day.

No kidding. It was surounding us and then just disappeared. wtf

 

[NoelPHX]

Per the National Weather Service Forecast Discussion last night they thought drier air was going to move in over the Yavapai County area today. But this morning they changed their mind and increased the thunderstorm chances back to 30% for us today. It might have something to do with that as of 9am there were already light showers and some thunder and lightning in the area. LOL

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Per the National Weather Service Forecast Discussion last night they thought drier air was going to move in over the Yavapai County area today. But this morning they changed their mind and increased the thunderstorm chances back to 30% for us today. It might have something to do with that as of 9am there were already light showers and some thunder and lightning in the area. LOL

Way to go out on a limb, NWS

 

[MigratingOsprey]

blech - storms closed the airport last night - make for a very tired me today

 

[AzCards21]

Dang it's humid today. The swampass factor is less than 30 seconds.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Dang it's humid today. The swampass factor is less than 30 seconds.

Feels like south florida... YUCK!!!!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Storms already building around Tucson area

 

[Brianellsworth]

Storms already building around Tucson area

are they moving up into the phoenix area at all? Mesa got gypt last night it was frustrating watching the news and them showing it raining at I10 and 40th st and then I go outside and all it is is a bunch of dust blowing around!!!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

are they moving up into the phoenix area at all? Mesa got gypt last night it was frustrating watching the news and them showing it raining at I10 and 40th st and then I go outside and all it is is a bunch of dust blowing around!!!

I'll keep you posted, but likely nothing will happen until after 5pm, so we have a ways to go

 

[Gee!]

I'll keep you posted, but likely nothing will happen until after 5pm, so we have a ways to go

I dont trust you.. Not after last nite.. You and Dave said it was coming my way and all I got was one lil rain drop on my toe.. seriously, thats all I got..

 

[Gee!]

But seriously Mike.. Do you have weather gauges and equipment at your house? I ask cuz last nite you gave the amount of rain that fell and all.. I just picture your wife thinking to herself "oh here comes the rain, I wont be able to talk to him for a few hours"..

 

[NoelPHX]

But seriously Mike.. Do you have weather gauges and equipment at your house? I ask cuz last nite you gave the amount of rain that fell and all.. I just picture your wife thinking to herself "oh here comes the rain, I wont be able to talk to him for a few hours"..

Well I can't speak for Mike but my wife is sure like that. But she understands since I am completing my degree in Meteorology that this is my hobby/work. On the rain gauges I am trying to convince my apartment complex to let me put one up. lol

 

[NoelPHX]

So I went to work for a bit before school and on the way to school the sky opened up for a bit. Other than that though it hasn't rained anymore though.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

But seriously Mike.. Do you have weather gauges and equipment at your house? I ask cuz last nite you gave the amount of rain that fell and all.. I just picture your wife thinking to herself "oh here comes the rain, I wont be able to talk to him for a few hours"..

That's how she is She tries to pretend she's interested, but she's not

I wish I had a true weather station, but I just have this remote temperature sensor for outside and I have a cheap $4 rain gauge from Home depot.

I put it in the middle of the yard before the storm to see how much rain we'd end up with.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Now look what you did Gee

http://www2.yardiac.com/show_catego...44&cart_id=5088365:359901869297&category=2190

mmmmm

 

[Ryanwb]

That's how she is She tries to pretend she's interested, but she's not

I wish I had a true weather station, but I just have this remote temperature sensor for outside and I have a cheap $4 rain gauge from Home depot.

I put it in the middle of the yard before the storm to see how much rain we'd end up with.

You should start AZweatherdude.com and just let your creative juices flow. Blogs, graphs, complaints, forums

 

[Mike Olbinski]

You should start AZweatherdude.com and just let your creative juices flow. Blogs, graphs, complaints, forums

That would be great...hmmmm....

 

[NoelPHX]

That would be great...hmmmm....

Dude if u do I want in on this

 

[NoelPHX]

Looks like a few showers will be moving into my area soon

 

[Ryanwb]

That would be great...hmmmm....

I think there's a market for it, I'm on conference calls all day with people from the midwest and such and they have no concept of what the weather in AZ is like. Plus people who are moving here would like to get some information about when it gets hot, when it gets cold.... because believe it or not it does get below freezing here.

Then you could list what plants do well in our weather, what plants should be protected from frost. Then have a yearly huge contest to predict the start of the monsoon for prizes. I bet you'd have a spot on one of the morning Arizona news shows in no time

 

[Gee!]

Now look what you did Gee

http://www2.yardiac.com/show_catego...44&cart_id=5088365:359901869297&category=2190

mmmmm

Your gonna blame it on me if you buy it and once you get home your wife gets mad you spent money on it huh? lol

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I think there's a market for it, I'm on conference calls all day with people from the midwest and such and they have no concept of what the weather in AZ is like. Plus people who are moving here would like to get some information about when it gets hot, when it gets cold.... because believe it or not it does get below freezing here.

Then you could list what plants do well in our weather, what plants should be protected from frost. Then have a yearly huge contest to predict the start of the monsoon for prizes. I bet you'd have a spot on one of the morning Arizona news shows in no time

Yeah, right

But I might move in a year, so that would flop...but it's still a good idea...I was thinking that you wouldn't have much going on in the winter months, but plants and freeze warnings, etc...wouldn't be so bad.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

What's sad is I could probably have this all up and running in like an hour if I wanted

 

[Gaddabout]

Mike, you need to call the NWS Phoenix desk and ask if Javier is still there. He was my primary source when I started at the Tribune years ago writing weather stories. He wrote one of the earliest studies on El Nino and has a better grasp on Arizona weather cycles than anyone I know.