Roses are red
Violets are, um, violet
The weather in Arizona
is awfully quiet

Persistent high pressure
with highs pretty high
unrelenting sunshine
with a pretty blue sky

Coffee outside
is still a nice treat
with lows in the 70s
pretty hard to beat

What’s a Tucsonan to do
when September is like May
drink lots of water
and like Mom said, go outside and play!

Thanx for putting up with my cheesy rhyme. Monsoon 2018 hasn’t ghosted us completely yet. She may return to us next week! A 20% chance for storms on Wednesday! Until then our streak of 100+ degree days continues. 102 today. 104 tomorrow! (the record is 107 so…) 103 Saturday. 100ish Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 20% Wednesday 98.

Outstanding on the deck again this morning! Just looking for the silver lining in a forecast that doesn’t include clouds. High pressure in control and our our hotness can’t be contained this September. Lows pleasant enough in the low to mid 70s. High near 102 today. 101 tomorrow. 103 Friday and Saturday! 100ish Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully the pool is still warm enough to enjoy. Enjoy!

Welp. Summer lingers as the middle of September approacheth. Not the fun scattered showers Monsoon 2018 form of Summer. No, it’s the it’s a dry heat iteration. It’s not June hot, but compared to our average of 96 for this time of year it’s kinda hot. Our slight chance of rain for tomorrow has evaporated. High pressure still hanging around confining storm chances to the mountains of SE Cochise County and near the New Mexico border (which is not here). A few puffy clouds in the afternoon and evening otherwise clear skies and on the hot side through the weekend. 102 this afternoon. 101 tomorrow and Thursday. 102ish Friday and Saturday. 100 Sunday. 99 Monday. Consolation prizes include “at least it’s a dry heat” and really nice for morning coffee on the patio/deck with lows in the low to mid 70s. Enjoy!

Triple digit heat in September?! It happens, but it doesn’t mean we have to like it. It is a dry heat, so there’s that. The dewpoint is 60 degrees this morning but that should drop a bit this afternoon. 96 is our average high for this time of year and we’ll be 4-6 degrees higher through the week. 101 yesterday and that is what we are going for this afternoon. 102 tomorrow. Slight chance for a storm or two Wednesday, but just a 10% chance. High near 100ish. 99 Thursday. 101 Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Lows mostly in the mid 70s. Hang in there!

When is a zero percent chance for rain not a zero percent chance for rain? When it’s yesterday! A few sprinkles for a few minutes on my perch here in southern Oro Valley yesterday afternoon! To be fair, a zero percent chance for rain means a zero percent chance for “measurable” rain. So. Since I only got a trace I didn’t get “measurable” rain. Technically we are good! Still. It was a bit of a pleasant surprise.

No surprises in store today and tomorrow. (Sure Mike) High pressure still to our west and nosing into Arizona should keep shower and storm chances to our south near the Mexican Border and to our east near the New Mexican Border. That leaves us with a few puffy afternoon clouds with highs near 101 today, tomorrow and Tuesday. Coffee on the deck lows pleasant enough in the mid 70s.

Our high heads to the southern Rockies by Wednesday giving us a more southerly flow. That should increase our moisture and (in theory) increase our chances for storms Wednesday. One model says, yeah, looking good. Another says, not so much. For now the National Weather Service is going with a 10% chance Wednesday and Wednesday night with a high near 100ish. Stay tuned!

Drying out again late next week in to the weekend. Sunny Thursday 99. 101 Friday and Saturday.