Lots of high clouds yesterday and this morning as a storm is set to move through the Great Basin tonight. Moisture is being pulled northward into Arizona ahead of the storm, hence the clouds. A cold front approacheth and as it moves through tonight we could see some rain to our south and east and also to our north and east. Here we are, stuck in the middle, with maybe a few sprinkles or a spare light rain shower. (brother can you spare a light rain shower?) Cooler tomorrow with more sunshine as the front sweeps away most of the clouds and colder air filters in behind the front. Some warming Tuesday and Wednesday between storms with increasing clouds Wednesday as our next storm approacheth. Lots of moisture with this next storm for a good chance for rain Wednesday night into Thursday night. Snow levels look really high (8,000ish feet) for mostly rain in Summerhaven. It looks like increasing moisture for next weekend for more showers perhaps. Perhaps. Stay tuned!

Partly sunny today with a high in the mid 60s. Mostly clear tonight upper 30s. Sunny tomorrow mid 50s. Near freezing Tuesday morning with a high in the upper 60s. Mostly cloudy Wednesday near 70ish. 40% chance for showers Wednesday night and 50% Thursday. Thursday’s high in the mid 60s. 30% Thursday night and 10% Friday with a high Friday in the upper 60s. 10% Saturday upper 60s. Enjoy!

Yesterday was downright balmy compared to the couple dayz before. One more day of the “warm” stuff before another cold front smacks us in the face. (OK, it won’t be quite that dramatic, but kinda) A weakening storm off the California coast is pulling moisture northward into southern Arizona again. Increasing mid and high level clouds today into tonight with a high near the average of 68. Sunrise and sunset enhancement possibilities too. The storm will miss us to the north but drag a cold front through early Monday morning for a “nice” cool down. Maybe some showers as far south as the Metro, but more likely to our north. We warm back up again Tuesday and Wednesday before our next storm. Wednesday night and Thursday could be a rainy time of it with early indications indicating (that’s what indications do, you know) perhaps an inch of rain with this storm. It’s early yet. Predicting the future is hard. We’ll all just have to stay tuned!

Increasing clouds today with a high in the upper 60s. Mostly cloudy tonight upper 30s. Partly sunny tomorrow low 60s. Mostly sunny Monday mid 50s. Mid 60s Tuesday. Partly sunny Wednesday low 70s. 30% chance for rain Wednesday night and 40% Thursday. Thursday’s high in the mid 60s. Partly sunny Friday upper 60s. Enjoy!

Happy Friday Eve! (it makes the weekend seem closer. trust me on this one)

After a cold start this morning temperatures will rebound a bit this afternoon with sunshine. Even warmer tomorrow between systems. Our next system won’t really be ours. It will miss us well to the north this weekend, but we will see more high clouds (for possible sunrise and sunset enhancement) and breezes. Cooling off slightly this weekend too, and who knows, maybe even a sprinkle on Sunday. A mix of clouds and Sun continues into next week with highs slightly below average for this tome of year. Our next real chance for rain MAY be the end of next week. That is beyond the seven day forecast, so we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it. Stay tuned!

Sunny today with a high in the upper 50s. Clear tonight near freezing. Sunny upper 60s tomorrow. Partly sunny Saturday upper 60s. Partly sunny Sunday mid 60s. Mostly sunny Monday low 60s. Partly sunny Tuesday low 60s. Upper 60s Wednesday. Enjoy!

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!