Here we are. 7:30 in the morning with frost covering everything and all of the mountains covered in snow. Maybe you live in Corona de Tucson or Catalina and you still have snow on the ground and probably icy streets. What a remarkable day we had yesterday! Record rainfall at the airport at 1.03″ and record snowfall at 1.9″! Crazy amazing = Cramazing! (I just made up a word) Summerhaven picked up a couple of feet of snow. I wonder when they’ll open Catalina Highway and I also wonder how long the wait will be to get up there when they do.
No more storms in the forecast. Just a warming trend. Enjoy!
Sunny today near 50ish. Clear and cold tonight upper 20s. Mostly sunny tomorrow low 60s. Upper 60s Monday. Low 70s Tuesday and Wednesday. Mid 70s Thursday and Friday.
Are you ready? The storm is moving in. Phrases like “blizzard like conditions” and “rain could be heavy at times” are being thrown around. For good reason! Because there could be blizzard like conditions (should that be hyphenated?) in the mountains and the rain could be heavy at times from this storm! If you have hatches you might want to batten them down. I grew up in Oregon so I don’t have an umbrella, but if you didn’t grow up in Oregon perhaps a handy umbrella would be, um, handy. Rain, heavy at times, by this afternoon lasting through Friday. Still not sure if we will see snow in the Metro by Saturday morning. It will be close. Still expecting 3 to 4 feet of snow in Summerhaven. Three-quarters to an inch and a half of rain for valley locations with isolated amounts up to two inches.
The storm moves out Saturday and we’ll start to warm up. Pretty much average for this time of year by Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay tuned!
Showers and breezy today with a high in the low 50s. Showers tonight with heavy rain possible and a low in the low 40s. Showers tomorrow with heavy rain possible and a high in the mid 40s. A chance for rain and snow showers late Friday night becoming mostly clear and a low in the upper 20s. Sunny Saturday low 50s. Low 60s Sunday. Mid 60s Monday. Upper 60s Tuesday. Near 70ish Wednesday. Enjoy!
The HARD FREEZE WARNING expires this morning at 8:00, but not before we experience a hard freeze. It’s 31 out there right now (4:37 a.m. what am I doing up since before 4:00 a.m.? great question!) and we will likely fall a few more degrees before the Sun comes up at 7:01. That heavy coat of yours is getting some use this Winter! High temperatures staying well below the average of 69 for this time of year. And…
You might want to sit down for this forecast. A major Winter storm is heading our way. Let’s just go through the snowfall amounts that are in Summerhaven’s official from the National Weather Service forecast. A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect from 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning until 5:00 p.m. Friday. Snow, heavy at times, tomorrow with 10-14 inches of snow accumulation possible. Snow, heavy at times, tomorrow night with 14-20 inches of ADDITIONAL snow possible. Snow, heavy at times, Friday with 8 to 12 inches of new snow possible. Add another inch or two perhaps Friday night!!! So. Doing some simple math… that adds up to 33″-48″ (basically three to four feet!) of snow for Summerhaven. WOW! is all I can say. Also. Do you know someone who might let me stay up there in their cabin??? 😃
Meanwhile, back down here at the ranch, we are looking at increasing clouds tonight with a 100% chance for rain tomorrow, tomorrow night and Friday. Rain, heavy at times, with three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a half possible from this storm. Snow levels starting around 5,000 feet tomorrow dropping down to 2,000 – 3,000 feet before the storm is done late Friday night into early Saturday morning. Oracle could see 6″-12″ of snow! Tucson (yes, Tucson) could (maybe!) see a trace to 3 inches of snow! Vail, Corona de Tucson, Catalina, Saddlebrooke will likely have some snowman building snowfall. Tucson maybe! Still a couple dayz out. Stay tuned!!!
The Sun returns by the weekend and we start to warm up some. Still a few degrees below average by Tuesday.
Sunny today with a high in the mid 50s. Increasing clouds tonight low 40s. Showers likely tomorrow morning with rain in the afternoon and breezy with a high in the low 50s. Rain, heavy at times, tomorrow night low 40s. Rain, heavy at times, Friday mid 40s. A chance for rain showers Friday night before midnight then a slight chance for rain and snow showers becoming partly cloudy upper 20s. Sunny Saturday low 50s. Near 60ish Sunday. Low 60s Monday. Mid 60s Tuesday. Enjoy!
A HARD FREEZE WARNING in effect tonight from 11:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Please. For the sake of all that is right and good let the teenagers sleep inside tonight! Also. Tonight’s record low is 25 set in 1955. Do we dare get that cold? The forecast is close at 27. We’ll see. We are between storms today and tomorrow. A lot of sunshine, but not very warm. Especially when you consider the average high for this time of year is 69. We’ll be at least 15 degrees colder than that through Saturday!
The next storm looks cold and very wet. A foot or three of snow for the mountains possible Thursday through Friday night! A WINTER STORM WATCH is in effect for Summerhaven from Thursday morning at 11:00 until Friday evening at 5:00. Three-quarters to an inch and a half of rain perhaps for us lowlanders. Also. Maybe (maybe) some snow mixed in in the Metro Friday night/Saturday morning. That didn’t really pan out last night, so we’ll see.
The Sun returns this weekend with a high on Sunday near 60ish! Still below average, but some rays of hope. (see what I did there?)
Sunny and cool today with a high in the low 50s. Clear and cold tonight with a low in the upper 20s. Sunny mid 50s tomorrow. Showers and breezy Thursday low 50s. Rain, heavy at times, Thursday night and Friday. Friday’s high in the upper 40s. A chance for rain and snow showers Friday night with a low in the upper 20s. Sunny Saturday low 50s. Sunny Sunday 60ish. Mid 60s Monday.
The storm is running a little late. It gives its apologies, but it will be here as soon as it can. Probably by this afternoon at the latest. Then the George Washington Birthday party can begin! Showers likely this afternoon. Mountain snow. Then rain and snow for the Metro tonight and tomorrow morning. Maybe even some accumulation (an inch or two?) in Vail and other higher low elevations. 6″-12″ above 7,000 feet. 3″-6″ between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. 0″ to 2″ between 2,500 and 3,500 feet. We’ll see! COLD Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with a HARD FREEZE WATCH in effect from 11:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. Go out and watch it freeze hard! Also, the 4 Ps. People, pets, pipes and plants. You could add peppermint and Playstation! (maybe?) Storm number two moves in by Thursday (assuming it’s on time) with much more moisture than storm number one… and another chance at low elevation snow. The mountains could see 2+ FEET of snow. Lots of rain for us bottom dwellers. How low will the snow go Friday night? We’ll all find out together. Stay tuned!
Showers likely by this afternoon and a high in the upper 40s. Scattered showers tonight then scattered rain and snow showers with a low near 32ish. Isolated rain and snow showers possible tomorrow morning otherwise clearing skies and a high in the upper 40s. HARD FREEZE WATCH Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with a low in the upper 20s. Sunny Wednesday mid 50s. 40% chance for showers Thursday low 50s. 60% Thursday night upper 30s. 80% Friday upper 40s. 40% chance for rain and snow Friday night/Saturday morning 31ish. Sunny Saturday mid 50s. Near 60ish Sunday. Enjoy!
