107 kinda sneaked up on us yesterday! There were a few showers and storms to our south and east again as Monsoon 2018 is ramping up! Enough moisture nearby for a repeat performance mainly in Cochise county once again today. Deep rich moisture is lurking in central and northern Mexico and it looks like we will be getting in on that next week! Drying out some tomorrow and Sunday as a system misses us well to the north, but the resulting westerly flow will keep the moisture at bay temporarily. A lot to get excited about next week as confidence is growing for a surge of moisture into southern Arizona! A slight chance for storms as early as Tuesday evening in the metro and those chances increase especially Friday and Saturday. Just in time for the official start of Monsoon 2018. We may not have to wait until the 4th of July like most years. Looks like we are gonna get the party started early! We need it. Stay tuned!

Sunny and hot today with a high near 105.

Mostly clear tonight with a low in the low 70s.

Mostly sunny tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday with highs near 104ish. Slight chance for isolated storms Wednesday 104. Better chance for widely scattered storms Thursday 100. Scattered storms Friday mid 90s!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

A little drier this weekend, but still enough moisture for a few showers and storms east of us in Cochise County. Still kinda hot here today with a high of 105 for the third day in a row if it comes exactly true. Drying out a bit more temporarily early next week, but the second half of the week looks pretty interesting. High pressure reestablishes itself to our east opening the door for a southerly flow to bring the deeper moisture that is just to our south into southern Arizona. There is a chance for showers and storms as early as Wednesday, Metro included! I got my new windshield wipers yesterday just in time. Hurricane Aletta off the Mexican coast is too far south and west to affect us directly, but has added to the moisture to our south in Mexico. Another possible tropical system, Bud, next week could help the cause even more. Monsoon 2018 starts a week from today officially. Looks like we may be off to an earlier than 4th of July start this year. Let’s hope so. We need it! Stay tuned.

Sunny today with a high near 105.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 70s.

Mostly sunny tomorrow 104ish. 103 Sunday. Near 100 Monday. 103 Tuesday. Slight chance for storms Wednesday. Slightly better chance for storms Thursday.

Monsoon 2018 seems to be clearing it’s throat . A severe thunderstorm near Douglas yesterday dropped dime size hail and a decent amount of rain. Other storms were along and south of I-10 east of Wilcox. Thunderstorm chances return again today east of the metro although a couple of models are suggesting we could see some development as far east as the Rincon Mountains! That will be cool if it happens. Otherwise Tucson stays dry as moisture continues to lurk to our south and east. We dry out area wide Sunday as a system misses us well to our north as the resulting westerly flow should kick the moisture to the curb. Next week looks really interesting as models are showing a more SE flow which should give us more widespread moisture in southern Arizona. The National Weather Service even has a slight chance for storms in Tucson by Wednesday. Stay tuned!

Mostly sunny today with a high near 105.

Mostly clear tonight with a low in the low 70s.

Near 105ish tomorrow and Saturday. 103 Sunday. 101 Monday and Tuesday. Slight chance for storms Wednesday 103.

Well that was unexpected! A moisture surge yesterday into the Metro pushed dewpoints to 50 degrees! Enough for a few storms to form in Cochise County even. One rain gauge in the Chiricahua Mountains picked up a whopping .07″! Still. It’s beginning. Dewpoints this morning  are in the upper 30s to near 40 keeping us from cooling off as much as we would have with drier air, but mid 70s this morning is still nice for coffee on the deck. A westerly to SWesterly flow should dry us out some so no real threat for storms in Tucson just yet. Heating up a little bit the next couple of days. 103 yesterday and today. 105ish tomorrow. 106 Friday and 105 Saturday. Still keeping an eye on tropical development off the west coast of southern Mexico. That moisture is expected to move towards Cabo and maybe we can manage to get in on some of that next week. Bears watching and we will. A bit cooler next week too with 103 Sunday. 101 Monday and Tuesday.  Stay tuned!

High pressure to our SE still trying to get moisture to cross into SE Arizona. The bad news is that the high will not quite be in position to give us storms along the international border unless a storm close enough in Mexico pushes an outflow boundary far enough north. The good news is Thursday and Friday won’t be quite as hot as we’ve been talking about the past few days! Still pretty hot though. Another interesting possibility for moisture is off the coast of Mexico. Tropical development there may move far enough to the north to get us some moisture next week. Time will tell. The Cicadas are singing! Monsoon 2018 will arrive when it arrives. We’ll keep you posted as we go.

Sunny today with a high near 104.

Mostly clear tonight with a low in the low 70s.

Sunny tomorrow 104ish. 105 Thursday. 106 Friday. 105 Saturday. 103 Sunday. 102 Monday.

105 yesterday avoiding the record of 107. Today’s record of 112 is safe, thankfully! Still on the hot side of things because, June. 105 again today if the forecast becomes exactly true. The Cicadas have been broadcasting Monsoon the last week or two and it looks like the weather pattern is slowly shifting that direction. Of course early Summer storms around these parts are more winds and dry lightning than rain and that’s what we may see in the mountains east of us as our high pressure moves into Texas by mid week. Still dry and on the hot side here in the metro in the foreseeable future. However… By this weekend a SE to easterly flow will bring more moisture to SE Arizona. Again, the big winners will likely be to our east, but we have to start somewhere. One hot day at a time, but Monsoon 2018 is lurking!

Sunny today with a high near 105.

Mostly clear tonight with a low in the upper 60s.

103ish tomorrow. 104 Wednesday. 106 Thursday. 108 Friday. 106 Saturday. 105 Sunday.

Just gorgeous on the deck this morning! Looks like 66 will be our low this morning. So nice! However, dry air warms quickly and high pressure is large and in charge. The National Weather service is now saying our high today will be 106. If it comes exactly true we’ll avoid tying the record of 107 which is just fine with me. High pressure still expected to move into the Texas Panhandle by mid to late next week which will open the door for moisture to move north into southern Arizona! Still only expecting a few storms in the mountains east of Tucson, but at least one computer model shows some low level moisture making it into Cochise county late next week. Bears watching, but Tucson should remain dry. Stay tuned and be cool!

Sunny today with a high near 106 and a west breeze.

Clear skies tonight with a low in the upper 60s.

Sunny tomorrow 105ish. 103 Tuesday. 104 Wednesday. 106 Thursday. 108 Friday. 107 Saturday.

Hot and getting hotter! Must be June. Yesterday we just missed the century mark with a high of 99. With high pressure building in it will be noticeably hotter the next few days. Today’s expected high of 104 is well short of the record of 108, so that will stay safe. However, tomorrow’s expected high of 107 is right at the record set in 1996 and hit again in 2014 and 2016, so there’s that. Please stay hydrated lest you burst into flames! A weak low moving from Baja California into the NW part of the state will give us some breezes through the weekend too, so kinda like a hot blow dryer. “Things” get a bit interesting mid to late next week as the high pressure moves north and east. That will put us in a southerly flow with an increase of mid and high level moisture. However, the low level moisture won’t quite make it out of Mexico. Expect a chance for a few storms over the mountains east of Tucson with fire causing lightning a real threat. Heating up again by the end of next week. June has arrived! Be cool and stay safe.

Sunny and kinda hot today with a high near 104 and a SW breeze 5-15 mph and gusty.

Clear tonight with wonderful coffee on the deck temperatures tomorrow morning in the upper 60s.

Sunny and a bit breezy tomorrow with a record tying high of 107 if it comes exactly true.

105ish Monday. 103 Tuesday. 104 Wednesday. 106 Thursday. 108 Friday.

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

It’s also June 1st. You know what that means. Here comes the heat. 100 yesterday and we’ll be right there again today with a bit of a westerly breeze this afternoon.

Very nice morning’s for coffee on the deck. Clear skies tonight with a low tomorrow morning in the upper 60s.

High pressure building in for the first 105+ days of the season, again, just in time for June. 105 Saturday and a record tying 107 Sunday (assuming it comes exactly true). Some breezes this weekend too, but nothing too crazy. 105ish Monday. 103 Tuesday.

Our high moves northward out of Mexico into New Mexico/Texas opening the door for an increase of moisture! Will we get storms in the metro area? Still up in the air (see what I did there). The better chances will be south and east of us, but as always we’ll keep you posted. Wednesday’s high near 103. 104 Thursday. Be cool!

It’s Friday Eve! Makes the weekend seem closer 🙂

Yesterday’s expected high was 100. In the words of Maxwell Smart, we “missed it by that much”. We did hit 99 which was his beautiful agent girlfriend/wife, so there’s that. Average for this time of year is 97, so not far off. We’ll make another run at 100 today with some SW breezes in the afternoon and a few clouds perhaps for sunset enhancement, but mostly it will be sunshine and warm.

Clear skies tonight with a low in the mid 60s. So nice in the mornings.

Sunny tomorrow 99ish. High pressure building in for the weekend and hot. 105 Saturday. A record tying 107 Sunday (if it comes exactly true). 105 Monday. 103 Tuesday.

“Things” could get interesting by Wednesday. As high pressure moves into New Mexico there will be an increase in moisture in our neck of the woods (er, Saguaro forest?). The computer models are hinting at a disturbance in the force riding northward out of Mexico on the western edge of the high that might trigger thunderstorms! Don’t get too excited yet. It’s still pretty far out in forecast terms and the National Weather Service hasn’t put the possibility in it’s official forecast yet. Just something to keep an eye on and of course we’ll keep you posted here. I’ve been hearing Cicadas since last week! Maybe it means something. Stay tuned and be cool.