As one storm exits stage east, another approacheth from the NW. Yesterday’s rain showers pushed us over a half inch for the last two days officially at the airport. Some areas in the Metro picking up an inch or so! As always, your individual mileage may vary. Our next storm is bringing Old Man Winter back to Tucson’s Weather. (why is Winter an old man?) The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY above 6,000 feet starting this evening at 5:00 lasting through 11:00 tomorrow morning. Be advised, there will be winter weather above 6,000 feet. Summerhaven is expecting 4 to 8 inches from the storm. And. There may be some light accumulations as low as 4,000 feet tomorrow morning! Can we push that down to Corona de Tucson, Vail, SaddleBrooke? I’m not gonna say it can’t happen, but more likely a dusting in Oracle perhaps. (maybe) There is a lot of moisture here thanx to the SW flow ahead of the storm, so rain is likely in the Metro tonight and tomorrow morning with lingering showers into the afternoon. COLD (you know it’s COLD when we break out the BOLD!) behind the storm with clearing skies tomorrow night and a low in the upper 20s Thursday morning! brrrr. Near freezing Friday morning. Highs only in the low to mid 50s the next couple of days. Despite a warming trend through the weekend, highs near or slight below average for this time of year with sunshine. Stay tuned!

Mostly cloudy today with a 20% chance for showers and a high in the low 60s. Showers likely tonight with a low in the low 40s. Showers likely tomorrow morning with isolated showers perhaps lingering into the afternoon with a high only in the low 50s. Mostly clear Wednesday night with a Thursday morning low in the upper 20s! Sunny Thursday mid 50s. Freezing ish Friday morning with an afternoon high in the upper 60s. Mostly sunny upper 60s Saturday. Mid 60s Sunday. Partly sunny Monday mid 60s. Enjoy!

Happy Monday! Not an oxymoron not around here…

I woke up to the weirdest dream. There was fog and it was drizzling. It reminded me of growing up in Oregon. And you were there, and you were there, and you were…

Yeah, fog and drizzle this morning! Super cool 😎 It’s all part of the storm near the northern California coast pulling moisture northward. The snow level is way high with rain falling in the Catalinas. The light rain should shift eastward later this morning and the fog will lift and we can see clearly now the rain is gone. But. Not for long. Our next storm approacheth and this one is bringing Winter back to southern Arizona. Good chance for showers and mountain snow tomorrow night and Wednesday. Snow levels crashing down to 5,500 feet or so before it’s done. An inch or three possible in Summerhaven. A chilly rain (mmm chili) for Tuesday (tomorrow) night and Wednesday with a high only in the low 50s. Clearing out Wednesday night with freezing temperatures for the Metro both Thursday and Friday mornings. Sunshine for the weekend, but highs below average in the low to mid 60s. Stay tuned!

Scattered showers and patchy fog this morning becoming partly sunny with a high in the low 60s. Isolated showers tonight (maybe) with a low in the mid 40s. 10% Tuesday otherwise partly sunny low 60s. 40% Tuesday night mid 40s. 30% Wednesday low 50s. Mostly clear Wednesday night 32ish. Sunny Thursday mid 50s. Freezing Friday morning. Sunny mid 60s Friday afternoon. Mostly sunny Saturday mid 60s. Low 60s Sunday.

Yesterday’s sprinkles and rain chances overnight were greatly exaggerated! However. The cold front is still on it’s way. It’s just fashionably late. Hopefully it will bring the seven layer dip for the big game! (mostly cloudy with a chance for guacamole?!) Well, it is bringing rain showers as advertised. In fact it was light raining on the deck just a bit ago. (hashtag #notfakenews) The slow movement of the weakening storm means showers lingering into tomorrow. Super Sunday won’t be a super soaker, but still expecting a tenth to four tenths of an inch of rain in the Metro. An inch of rain possible in the mountains with the snow level way up there above 8,500 feet! Snow mixing in with the rain today in Summerhaven with snow showers through Wednesday night, but no real accumulations expected until Wednesday and Wednesday night. A break in the action Monday night and Tuesday between systems. Our next storm due in here Tuesday night through Wednesday looks colder, but not as much moisture. Rain showers in the valleys and lower mountain snow. Colder to end the week behind our next storm with lows back down to freezing in Tucson Friday morning. Then some warming next weekend. Stay tuned!

Showers today with a high in the low 60s. Scattered showers tonight low near 50ish. Scattered showers tomorrow low 60s. Partly sunny Tuesday low 60s. 30% Tuesday night mid 40s. 40% Wednesday low 50s. 20% Wednesday night becoming partly cloudy low 30s. Sunny Thursday low 50s. Freezing Friday morning and sunny during the day low 60s. Sunny Saturday mid 60s. Enjoy!

Unsettled Tucson Weather through the weekend and most of next week! Unsettling perhaps for some. I, for one, welcome our partly sunny to mostly cloudy with a chance to good chance for showers overlords!

A low currently along the northern California coast will move into the Great Basin. That will cause two things to happen. The SW flow will bring up a bunch of moisture. We are already clouding (yep. spell check says that’s a word) up this morning and we should see sprinkles off and on today (mmm sprinkles). The second thing that will happen is the low will drag a cold front through the area tonight that will interact with the moisture and give us a good chance for showers and mountain rain late tonight into tomorrow. Yep. Mountain rain! Sorry about that Summerhaven. Could see up to .40″ in the valleys and maybe an inch (of rain. maybe some snow mixed in tomorrow) on the mountain. Another storm approacheth by mid next week. Lots of possibilities with this one! In between storms we’ll keep an onshore flow with occasional disturbances in the force to keep isolated to scattered showers in the forecast through most of next week. The mid week storm could (could) give us a real soaking. Or. If it stays north more of a scattered showering. Still. It’s plenty of clouds with some sun and off and on rain through the weekend into late next week! Stay tuned!

Partly sunny today with occasional sprinkles and a high in the upper 60s. 40% chance for scattered showers tonight and a low in the low 50s. 90% chance for showers tomorrow and a high in the low 60s. 40% Sunday night and 30% Monday mid 60s. 10% Monday night and Tuesday low 60s. 10% Tuesday night and 40% Wednesday upper 50s. 20% Wednesday night and 10% Thursday upper 50s. Sunny Friday low 60s. Enjoy!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

And it’s February. Feb-roo-airy. Just sayin’ 🌝 Cupid running amok and stuff. Let the fun begin! It’s all good as long as chocolate is involved. Oh yeah, the Tucson Weather… Showers occurring this morning as our weakening storm rolls through. Still. A chance for a thunderstorm thrown in with the shower chances today before the storm moves on by tonight. Rain and snow in Summerhaven, but no snow accumulations expected. A break tomorrow, but plenty of clouds hangin’ around as our next storm approacheth. This next one looks much wetter with a good soaking possible mainly Saturday night and Sunday. A break on Tuesday and then another storm heads our way by mid next week. The models are still sorting that one out, but it could bring us a good soaking as well. Stay tuned!

Scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm this morning with isolated showers and maybe a storm this afternoon. High today in the upper 60s. Partly cloudy tonight upper 40s. Partly sunny tomorrow upper 60s. 40% chance for showers Saturday night and a 70% chance Sunday. Sunday’s high in the mid 60s. 10% Monday low 60s. Partly sunny Tuesday near 60ish. 20% Tuesday night and Wednesday. Wednesday’s high in the upper 50s. 20% Wednesday night and 10% Thursday. Thursday’s high near 60ish ness.

Farewell sweet January. We hardly knew thee! Really nice day for my birthday yesterday. High of 72 after a low of 46. Both values above our seasonal averages of 67 and 41. A weakening system approacheth to close out the first month of 2019. Less clouds than yesterday today, but still enough for possible sunrise and sunset enhancement possibilities. One last chance to add to our January rain totals late tonight as the system moves through. Rain lingers into tomorrow before Noon before we clear out temporarily. Only expecting a tenth of an inch or less from this first storm. Summerhaven expecting both rain and snow, so no real snow accumulations there although the ski area might pick up an inch or three. Exit storm one tomorrow and enter storm two this weekend. This one has more moisture so perhaps a quarter inch or more for valley locations. Summerhaven might get an inch or three from this storm. Prime time for precipitation looks to be Saturday night into Sunday. What will storm number three do? That is still up in the air (see what I did there?). The official forecast keeps Monday and Tuesday dry but there are some indications that that might not stay the case. Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today with a high in the low 70s. Mostly cloudy tonight with a 30% chance for showers and a low in the upper 40s. Becoming mostly sunny tomorrow with a 20% chance for morning showers and a high in the upper 60s. 10% Saturday upper 60s. 50% Saturday night upper 40s. 30% Sunday mid 60s. Mostly sunny Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday low 60s. Enjoy!

Winter is returning to us as a series of storms are fixin’ to head our way. Storm numero uno is approaching the central California coast and then will proceed to approacheth Arizona. As it moves through Thursday night into Friday we’ll see showers developing and snow above 7,500 – 8,000 feet. Not much snow accumulation in Summerhaven from this first storm, but the ski area could see an inch or three. Here in the lowlands we are expecting a few hundreths up to a quarter of an inch with prime time for rain being late tomorrow night into Friday morning. Storm numero dos will be right on it’s heels. This one is a bit colder and stronger. Three to eight inches of snow perhaps for Summerhaven this weekend and up to a half inch of rain in the Metro. Storm numero tres? ETA is Monday night into Wednesday. Still a lot of question marks with the main question being how much moisture will it bring. It will be the coldest of the three. We’ll just have to stay tuned!

Partly sunny today with a high in the low 70s. Partly cloudy tonight mid 40s. Mostly sunny tomorrow low 70s. 30% late tomorrow night into Friday. Friday’s high 66ish. 20% Saturday upper 60s. 40% Saturday night mid 40s. 30% Sunday mid 60s. 10% Monday low 60s. 20% Monday night low 40s. 20% Tuesday low 60s. Enjoy!

Well that escalated quickly… or will. Rain in the forecast and the pattern change that is coming should open the door for a few storms to move through. Considerable high cloudiness at times through tomorrow with some breaks in the clouds as well. Could lead to some great sunrise and sunset enhancement! Or. The clouds will be too thick and we’ll get skunked like yesterday evening. Keep those 35mm cameras handy and get ready to run down to the One Hour Photo Moto! A small but vigorous upper level low near the central California coast will move south and displace our high pressure to the west. The low is then expected to weaken some and move across the area. Rain showers for us bottom dwellers and snow above 7,500 feet in the forecast Thursday night into Friday. Only a tenth of an inch of rain or less expected in the Metro and an inch or three of snow in Summerhaven. Another storm on the heels of the first should be in here just in time for the weekend. Much more moisture to work with. We could see up to three-quarters of an inch of rain, but we are a ways out, so don’t quote me on that just yet. Rain ending Sunday with yet another system following in behind. The third one looks to be colder, so lower mountain snows early next week. You know, assuming this all comes true. Stay tuned!

Partly sunny today and tomorrow with highs near 70ish. Mostly cloudy tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow night with lows in the mid 40s. Mostly sunny Thursday low 70s. Scattered showers Thursday night mid 40s. Isolated showers Friday morning becoming mostly sunny upper 60s. 20% Saturday upper 60s. 40% Saturday night mid 40s. 20% Sunday mid 60s. 10% Monday low 60s. Enjoy!

The times they are a changin’. Rain is back in the forecast by the end of the week and into the weekend! High pressure still to our west with some high clouds later today into tonight for possible sunset enhancement. Keep those camera devices handy. A system missing us to the north will give us partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies tomorrow into Wednesday. On Wednesday a storm off the central California coast will start to break down the high to our west and open the door for a stronger storm this weekend. Perhaps some light showers (half the calories of our regular showers) on Friday with a bit of snow above 7,500 feet. Then a better chance for rain and mountain snow Saturday and Saturday night. Stay tuned!

Sunny today with some high cloudiness and a high in the mid 70s. Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Mostly cloudy tomorrow upper 60s. Partly sunny Wednesday low 70s. Mostly sunny Thursday low 70s. 10% chance for showers Friday upper 60s. 20% Saturday upper 60s. 30% Saturday night low 40s. Mostly sunny Sunday 65ish. Enjoy!