70 yesterday and warmer today as high pressure invades the land. Enjoy the warmth because a chill in the air will soon be here. A storm approacheth and will bring a few clouds today and a few more tonight. I think we’ll still get some good views of tonight’s Super (cool) Blood Moon and the partly cloudiness might even provide some extra excellent visuals. We’ll find out tonight starting just after 8:40 and lasting 3 hours or so. Gusty winds for us as the storm moves through northern Arizona tomorrow and a dramatic cool down behind the system. Looks like a freezing morning Wednesday before we start a gradual warm up the rest of the week. Stay Tuned.

Mostly sunny today with a high in the mid 70s! Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Sunny tomorrow and breezy (OK, kinda windy) with SSW winds 10-20 mph gusting to near 30 and a high in the upper 60s. Sunny Tuesday mid 50s! Sunny Wednesday near 60ish. Mid 60s Thursday and Friday. Upper 60s Saturday. Enjoy!

Finally! An opportunity to rub it in to your friends in the Midwest and “back east”. While they deal with a major snowstorm we a “dealing” with a nice warm up (you know, if you’re into that sort of thing). Our old pal high pressure moving in for a couple of days. Today and especially tomorrow will be quite pleasant. Gusty winds on Monday as a storm missing us to the north will drop our temperatures back below average, but we will have our memories. Warming up some by the end of next week and staying dry. Stay tuned!

Sunny today with a high in the upper 60s. Clear tonight low 40s. Mostly sunny tomorrow mid 70s! SSW winds 10-20 mph gusting to near 25 on MLK Day and a high near 70ish. Mid 30s Tuesday morning and Tuesday’s high only in the upper 50s. Sunny Wednesday 60ish. Mid 60s Thursday. Upper 60s Friday. Enjoy!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

Our exiting storm that missed us to the north will bring us some gusty NW breezes today. High and low near the averages of the highs and lows recorded over the last three decades by the ancients. Then a bit of high pressure mixed with a healthy dose of southern Arizona Sun and you get some southern Arizona fun! Everybody into the pool! Sunday is looking downright toasty. Don’t get used to it just yet. The next storm to miss us to the north will knock us back below average by Tuesday. Another warming trend after that. Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today with a high in the mid 60s and NW breezes 5-15 mph and gusty. Mostly clear tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Sunny tomorrow upper 60s. Upper 70s Sunday! Low 70s for MLK Day. Near 60ish Tuesday. Low 60s Wednesday. Upper 60s Thursday.

Friday’s slight chance for rain has been greatly exaggerated. Due to lack of interest it has been cancelled. However. A storm missing us to the north will bring some NW breezes Friday and cool us off a bit Friday night. Warming up this weekend with another system missing us to the north and bringing some colder air by Tuesday. Otherwise, not much to write home about. I guess if we did it would go something like this:

Dearest Maybelle,

My stay in Tucson has been most pleasant. The locals are nice enough and the food is second only to your home cooking. My heart aches to hold you again soon. I look forward to that day when my top secret mission that I can’t discuss in person, nor in letter, is complete.

I must tell you. The weather that we have been experiencing has been completely normal weather for this time of year. Indeed our forecast is also pretty benign. A mixture of clouds and sun have given us the best sunrises and sunsets I have ever seen in my travels around the world. If only you were here to enjoy them with me. (but I digress) We are looking forward to a lot of sunshine today with a high near 70ish, which is a bit warmer than we’ve been lately. Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 45. (Great snuggling weather. Just sayin’) Mostly sunny tomorrow with a northwest breeze and a high in the mid 60s. Chilly Saturday morn’ (you know how I love chili) with a low in the mid to upper 30s. Sunny Saturday mid 60s. Low 70s Sunday! Near 70 on MLK Day. Perhaps we both have the day off and we can Facetime! Sunny Tuesday near 60. Low 60s Wednesday.

I shall write soon about any future weather developments.

Enjoy!
Mike

Skunked! “Our” storm system stayed to the north and although I had maybe 4 drops of rain yesterday evening here in southern OV there wasn’t much rain (if any) to speak of. It happens. High clouds moving across southern Arizona today as a weak low approacheth Baja California. That low should move through northern Mexico providing enhanced sunrise and sunset possibilities through Thursday. Another system missing us to the north on Friday could (maybe) give us a slight chance for showers on Friday. A chilly start (mmm chili) to the weekend behind that system with Saturday morning’s low in the mid 30s. Mid to upper 60s the rest of the MLK weekend with sunshine. Cooling off again on Tuesday. Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today with a high in the mid 60s. Partly cloudy tonight low 40s. Sunny upper 60s tomorrow. 20% chance Friday mid 60s. Sunny Saturday mid 60s. Upper 60s Sunday and MLK Day. Low 60s Tuesday. Enjoy!

Somehow it’s mid January already. Where does the time go? The future. The time goes into the future.

Our storm is approachething and is already bring showers to our west. Expect increasing clouds today with a chance for showers tonight. The better chance for rain will be to our north. Only expecting a tenth of an inch or less for valley locations. Maybe an inch of new snow in Summerhaven tonight. We get a break in the action tomorrow and Thursday with just a slight chance for showers on Friday from a storm that will be a bit more to the north. After that it is sunshine, rainbows, unicorns, and average temperatures (without the rainbows and unicorns). Stay tuned!

Increasing clouds today with a high in the upper 60s. A 20% chance for showers tonight with a low in the mid 40. Mostly sunny tomorrow 66ish. Mostly sunny Thursday upper 60s. 10% Friday mid 60s. Sunny Saturday mid 60s. Sunny Sunday upper 60s. Sunny MLK Day mid 60s. Enjoy!

Happy Monday! Not an oxymoron, Not around here!

Our next storm approacheth. Although not in the officila forecast, the National weather service says don’t be surprised if we see a stray shower or two today. Otherwise it’s partly sunny skies (mostly cloudy with some Sun). The main event is tomorrow and tomorrow night with up to a quarter inch or rain in the valley and an inch or two of snow possible between now and Wednesday in Summerhaven. A bit of a break before our next system moves in by Friday. This one looks to be a bit more to the north, so chances aren’t as great. However, it is the weather, so stay tuned!

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

It’s raining! Although the airport has only picked up a trace as of this writing (6am). It looks a lot wetter than that on my deck here in Oro Valley. I’ll have some rainfall amounts for you a little later today. One storm exits today and another approacheth! It should be in here by Tuesday with a similar setup. Perhaps up to a quarter of an inch of rain for us bottom dwellers and an inch or three of snow above 7,000 feet ish. That storm exits and yet another approacheth and should be in here by Thursday night/Friday. Highs in the mid 60s which is average for this time of year and lows in the low to mid 40s which is a couple few degrees above average. Stay tuned.

Partly sunny today after some morning rain showers and a high in the low 60s. Mostly cloudy tonight low 40s. Partly sunny tomorrow mid 60s. 20% Tuesday and tuesday night mid 60s. Partly sunny Wednesday mid 60s. Mostly sunny Thursday mid 60s. 10% Thursday night and Friday mid 60s. Sunny Saturday mid 60s.

Our next storm approaceth. An inch or two possible overnight in Summerhaven and a quarter inch or less of rain for us desert folk. Another system moving into California early next week will bring an increase in clouds and moisture from the SW. A couple disturbances in the force should provide some light rain and/or sprinkles (mmm sprinkles). Another system in here Thursday night/Friday should provide more droplets of water falling from the sky. Time will tell of course! Oh. And a mixture of clouds and Sun the next week could mean sunrise and sunset enhancement! Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today and a high near 68ish. 30% chance for showers tonight low 40s. Slight chance for lingering showers tomorrow morning otherwise mostly sunny low 60s. Partly sunny Monday mid 60s. 10% Tuesday mid 60s. Partly sunny Wednesday and Thursday mid 60s. 20% Thursday night and 10% Friday low 60s. Enjoy!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

Sort of an active pattern kinda continues for southern Arizona. Our next not very strong system should move through Saturday night giving us a slightly better than slight chance for rain. Then a break with temperatures staying near average (mid 60s) for this time of time of year into next week. Another weak system will give us sort of maybe a slight kinda light rain or something by Wednesday night. My goodness man. If you are gonna be a storm get out there and hit someone! (to use a football analogy) Hopefully my pep talk works! If you don’t want the rain hopefully it just goes away. Stay tuned!

Sunny today with a high near 65ish. Mostly clear tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Sunny mid 60s tomorrow. 20% Saturday night near 40ish. Mostly sunny Sunday mid 60s. Partly sunny Monday mid 60s. Mostly sunny Tuesday mid 60s. Partly sunny Wednesday mid 60s. 10% Wednesday night and Thursday low 40s mid 60s respectively. Enjoy!