What is your current yard temperature?

[cbmnz]

11 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Hopefully you get some cloud with those pressures. I’ve heard it described once as anti cyclonic gloom. With cloud cover you will be safe.

Last night we had pressures around 1035hPa but we even got a bit of rain at times which is strange for such high pressures. At times I could see the stars clearly though which did worry me. The result was nothing below about 8C. I think the next few days is much the same before another low kicks the high eastwards. 

-1.3 overnight, tonight might be a little worse, down to +1.4 at 10:30pm. Nothing the garden has not seen a dozen or more times in the last few years. As expected, next week is looking a little colder now, but still possibly no worst than tonight. Don't get clouds in a S to SE flow here due to being downwind of the central plateau.  All in all I think we have it pretty good compared to Northern Hemisphere growers in terms or range between mildest winter and 30 year worst in terms of extreme minimum is generally less than 5C. If I try anything too tender I'll lose it first winter before get used to having it.  

[Foxpalms]

2 hours ago, cbmnz said:

- All in all I think we have it pretty good compared to Northern Hemisphere growers in terms or range between mildest winter and 30 year worst in terms of extreme minimum is generally less than 5C. If I try anything too tender I'll lose it first winter before get used to having it.  

Maybe compared to the Americans, but at your latitude in Spain the highs would still be 17c during the day and 9c at night and the hardiness zone would be 11a on the coast. With a record low of around 0c.

[Tyrone]

13 hours ago, cbmnz said:

-1.3 overnight, tonight might be a little worse, down to +1.4 at 10:30pm. Nothing the garden has not seen a dozen or more times in the last few years. As expected, next week is looking a little colder now, but still possibly no worst than tonight. Don't get clouds in a S to SE flow here due to being downwind of the central plateau.  All in all I think we have it pretty good compared to Northern Hemisphere growers in terms or range between mildest winter and 30 year worst in terms of extreme minimum is generally less than 5C. If I try anything too tender I'll lose it first winter before get used to having it.  

All the best then. Topography can have a huge effect on the weather. In your case the central mountains etc block the clouds from the south south east, here they can blow in from the ocean. 

[Tyrone]

10 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

Maybe compared to the Americans, but at your latitude in Spain the highs would still be 17c during the day and 9c at night and the hardiness zone would be 11a on the coast. With a record low of around 0c.

Technically with a record low of 0C that’s 10A.
But if that’s the way we are looking at it,  this winter my area is 11A. Haven’t been below 3C. Even got a max of 20C and 21C coming on Monday and Tuesday which is warm for down here during the statistically most cold part of July. 

[sandgroper]

Currently bright and sunny heading for a cool top of 18c.

[Silas_Sancona]

104F at 10:50AM, on the way to 114-118F later..  We'll see how many 120's show up in the S.E. Valley neighborhoods / across N.W. AZ / S.E. CA later as well.

Nuke fest ain't goin' anywhere for the next  several days..  but, relief may not be too far away either.. We'll see..

Wanna escape the heat?,  head south  ..to the best part of the state  ..in the summer at least.

[LowDesertBoil]

120 degrees in this desert!

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, LowDesertBoil said:

120 degrees in this desert!

Hotter than that out there atm.. Hot enough here..

From about an hour ago out there ..and in Bullhead ( More accurately: Burst Into Flames Head City )

Palm Springs area:






Bullhead / Lake Hav.






Still about as hot out there at 4:30PM






Thinking this station may be running a bit hotter than is accurate.

[LowDesertBoil]

Yes, my yard looks like a triage camp... lol

 

[sandgroper]

A cold wintry dark day this morning, heading for a rainy top of 18c. I love these days, either grabbing fish & chips, sitting in the car and watching the ocean or sitting around the house in your daggies with the footy on cooking a big pot of soup. Both great ways to spend cold, rainy winter days.

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, LowDesertBoil said:

Yes, my yard looks like a triage camp... lol

 

Trying to avoid that as much as possible here as well..

If there is one thing i've learned in the 7.. years living here thus far,  Palms / other plants that are already adapted to it aside,  ..tree canopy ..lots of it,  esp. providing filtered shade from say noon to around 6PM  is what you want if you want a reasonably lush garden that can handle this kind of heat, and not experience some deg. of sun burn .. 

Even with that, i've still lost stuff thru the years.

That said, i'll take a few weeks of sizzling heat over other things that can wreak havoc on a garden, any day

[LowDesertBoil]

I agree. The Mexican fan palms around here laugh at this heat. My yard is still relatively new as I am not finished remodeling. When I planted I expected losses. It is survival of the fittest! I will eventually get the right mix. I have plenty of shade cloth up right now.

[Tyrone]

Yesterday, we had a high go over us and clear skies. The forecast in the afternoon was for mins around 5, 6C. I thought, oh well I will pull the frost cloth off my Ficus sycomorus. Then at 4.30pm they changed the forecast to 4C min and temps possibly down to 1C. It was too late and dark to put the cloth back on. I thought, blast why do they change the forecast only hours out. In the end the temp sat around 10C for most of the night, and finished around 7C min. Nothing to worry about, but the BOM was just miles out. That’s AI for ya. 

[Tyrone]

6 hours ago, sandgroper said:

A cold wintry dark day this morning, heading for a rainy top of 18c. I love these days, either grabbing fish & chips, sitting in the car and watching the ocean or sitting around the house in your daggies with the footy on cooking a big pot of soup. Both great ways to spend cold, rainy winter days.

No rain here yet, but the wind was just icy with the temp around 14C with low dewpoints and very little sunshine.  Got the fire cranking waiting for the rain and a few days of lower pressure and no risk of frost with it. It’s those pesky highs you’ve got to be wary of. 

[tim_brissy_13]

Maximum of only 10C/50F today and it’s already down to 1.7C/35F at 8:30pm! That’s about the coldest I think it’s ever been in my area at this time in the evening. Tonight is worrying considering we’ve got nearly 12 hours ahead of clear night skies and near record breaking high pressure system not moving at all. Below freezing is inevitable I think. It’s been a brutal couple of weeks. 

[Tyrone]

2 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Maximum of only 10C/50F today and it’s already down to 1.7C/35F at 8:30pm! That’s about the coldest I think it’s ever been in my area at this time in the evening. Tonight is worrying considering we’ve got nearly 12 hours ahead of clear night skies and near record breaking high pressure system not moving at all. Below freezing is inevitable I think. It’s been a brutal couple of weeks. 

I hope the wind, even a slight breeze comes along for you. It’s amazing how much the temp can rise with a 1 or 2kph breeze. I hope it is not a horror freeze for you. 

[tim_brissy_13]

8 hours ago, Tyrone said:

I hope the wind, even a slight breeze comes along for you. It’s amazing how much the temp can rise with a 1 or 2kph breeze. I hope it is not a horror freeze for you. 

It was a weird one last night. Dropped to 1.0C/33F at 10pm then hovered around that right up until now. Never dropped below freezing but a seriously long chill around the temperature where frost forms in the open for me. Overall pretty lucky and it looked like the worst of it is over for now. 

[Tyrone]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

It was a weird one last night. Dropped to 1.0C/33F at 10pm then hovered around that right up until now. Never dropped below freezing but a seriously long chill around the temperature where frost forms in the open for me. Overall pretty lucky and it looked like the worst of it is over for now. 

Thank goodness. You can do without that sort of stress. 

[Silas_Sancona]

A sizzlin Sunday, though not quite as hot as it has been ( 109F At 2:37PM )  Call it a break or just regrouping but tomorrow and Tuesday, the dial gets cranked up a notch or two.

That said, the end of this leg of 112+ heat / return of monsoon season level moisture may be in sight as we head through the week ahead as the center of the 4C High drifts away from the AZ / CA border,  ending up more toward a better position up around the 4 corners, allowing moisture to return to the state, and likely cutting temps back to the " hot ..but not nuke level heat.. " category.

While the sizzle fest may simmer down a touch, Dew Points / PWATs do rise however ...so another round of steam bath stickiness is likely on the way by next weekend.



As is usually the case when the pattern transitions back to active this time of year,  Rim / Whites / Tucson and the Borderlands in far S and S.E. AZ will see storm chances increase  first   ...before we might see them expand up this way/ into Western / N. Western AZ,  ..if they do at all.  Not all that enthused with rainfall thoughts from all of the models over the last week but, ..we'll see what happens.. 

That said, TS activity looks to pick up in the E. Pac. a bit..  Nothing in the offering for us since what systems might form stay well out to sea,  but, ...it's something, and might help keep the 4C high from trying to return for another spin on top of AZ for a bit, and maybe send some remnant moisture our way via the Sierra Madre Occidental / Gulf of CA..  

Gotta start somewhere.

[sandgroper]

Currently a bright, sunny 20c heading for 21c. More rain coming in over the next few days.

[Tyrone]

Forecast for tomorrow is 11Cmin to 21C max and thunderstorms. Not bad for the coldest part of July. 

[sandgroper]

33 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Forecast for tomorrow is 11Cmin to 21C max and thunderstorms. Not bad for the coldest part of July. 

We're expecting heaps of rain rain up here tomorrow,  hopefully they're wrong about the wind, don't need any storm damage.

[Tyrone]

13 hours ago, sandgroper said:

We're expecting heaps of rain rain up here tomorrow,  hopefully they're wrong about the wind, don't need any storm damage.

Not expecting huge amounts of rain but some heavy rain and wind gusts to 40knots. That should bring some branches down. It’s been a warm night though. The temp dropped to 12C around 9pm then rose above 15C by 10pm and stayed around 15-17 all night with a peak of almost 17C at 3am. Real warm. There could be a bit of energy in this front then. 

[sandgroper]

Currently 15c at 7.00am heading for a rainy, stormy top of 22c. Looks pretty grim outside.

[Tyrone]

It got to 22C today and 11mm of rain so far. 

[sandgroper]

Currently 14c at 6.00am heading for a rainy top of 19c. 

[Silas_Sancona]

113F with a light N. Breeze and humidity of 12% at 3:18PM..

While the Heat will do it's best to cling to the low deserts for another day or two,  some signs on Satellite atm that changes are on the way.. BIG storms over the central borderlands w/ maybe a few sliding south off the Whites into the Tucson area later..




We'll see if any debris clouds from what storms might be able to get going work their way down into the valley from the north around Sunset. Could add some additional interest to the evening sky w/ all the smoke hanging around atm.

Heat may persist but storm activity only increases state- wide from today forward..   We'll see how quickly storms fueled by returning moisture currently pooled over Eastern N.M. and TX starts cutting into the heat both in the valley and down in Tucson as it starts being drawn west, as the 4C high heads for Western CO by Thursday or Friday.

As far as rain returning locally? we'll have to wait and see.. Possible ..by the weekend, or maybe a day sooner than that.


Storms / localized cloud cover near the border = relief from the heat.. Parker Canyon Lake station, sitting at 59F,  may not be accurate, though the core of one of the bigger storms down there atm is sitting right over the area.. Regardless, that's the place to be right now.





No clouds / moist, rain cooled air?  Sizzle fest continues in Tucson and closer to home   ...For now..











 

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

113F with a light N. Breeze and humidity of 12% at 3:18PM..

While the Heat will do it's best to cling to the low deserts for another day or two,  some signs on Satellite atm that changes are on the way.. BIG storms over the central borderlands w/ maybe a few sliding south off the Whites into the Tucson area later..




We'll see if any debris clouds from what storms might be able to get going work their way down into the valley from the north around Sunset. Could add some additional interest to the evening sky w/ all the smoke hanging around atm.

Heat may persist but storm activity only increases state- wide from today forward..   We'll see how quickly storms fueled by returning moisture currently pooled over Eastern N.M. and TX starts cutting into the heat both in the valley and down in Tucson as it starts being drawn west, as the 4C high heads for Western CO by Thursday or Friday.

As far as rain returning locally? we'll have to wait and see.. Possible ..by the weekend, or maybe a day sooner than that.

 

How 'about that.. Looks like storm activity is a bit anxious to get going again..  W/ strong storms roaming the foothills just outside the E. valley..  Will anything, aside from some debris clouds ( ..and more smoke ) make it off the Superstitions into -at least-  Apache Junction?  We'll see.. 



Rare occasion this word ever comes out of my mouth,  but, a tad jealous i'm not up near Superior / Oak Flat atm..  Bet the sky looks quite ominous w/ storms lurking just above town out there.

If any of these storms do manage to make it off the 'Sups before completely dying out., maybe a few breezes roll west or southwest across the rest of the valley / Central Pinal CO. as sunset arrives.

Tucson may get sideswiped by the same area of storms as the roll south.  Some activity already flaring over the Catalinas / Rincons.

Bigger storms over the borderlands earlier currently charging south southwest into central Sonora toward Hermosillo, laying down a nice swath of moisture that will aid in storm development across the state later once mid and upper level winds start transporting it north / northwest again over the coming days..


At the same time, another large flare up on the Silver King Fire in Utah today will usher in the next blanket of thick smoke across Cen / E.  AZ this evening / overnight.   Smaller fire up on the Rim near Payson,  will contribute some smoke to the smoky skies over the valley as well.

Still 113F ..at 5:28PM.

[sandgroper]

Currently 9c at 6.00am heading for a cold, damp top of only 17c.

[Foxpalms]

Low of 71.6f/22c with a high of 84.2f/29c with 68% humidity. The dew point was 22.5c.  The UV index was 12. 

It's currently 24c with 87% humidity at 12.40am with a 21.7c/71f dewpoint.

Crystal clear skies all day with cloud forming over the mountain for a few hours during the evening.

Heat wave incoming tomorrow, with 850hpa temps estimated to be 28-31c by the 12-13th. I saw some forecasts suggest 36c with 68% humidity, which would be a 29c dewpoint...

 

[sandgroper]

5 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

Low of 71.6f/22c with a high of 84.2f/29c with 68% humidity. The dew point was 22.5c.  The UV index was 12. 

It's currently 24c with 87% humidity at 12.40am with a 21.7c/71f dewpoint.

Crystal clear skies all day with cloud forming over the mountain for a few hours during the evening.

Heat wave incoming tomorrow, with 850hpa temps estimated to be 28-31c by the 12-13th. I saw some forecasts suggest 36c with 68% humidity, which would be a 29c dewpoint...

 

That doesn't look like London! 😁

[Foxpalms]

2 hours ago, sandgroper said:

That doesn't look like London! 😁

A 4 hour flight on the plane and you can be in zone 13a.

[Silas_Sancona]

105F at 10:05AM under smoky skies w/ slightly higher Dew Points / Humidity in the air today..  Will it be enough for -at least- some fading sprinkles  later??   We'll see..

Pretty easy to see on this mornings' Sat. imagery  that the stubbornly stuck over the AZ / CA border 4C High has sifted more to a position over E. NV. / UT. opening up better N.E' rly / Easterly flow across AZ, which should result in better storm coverage up on the Rim, and across the Whites / most of S.E. AZ shortly. 




At the very least, under this flow pattern, S. Cal should be treated to passing waves of high / mid level clouds from time to time, w/ some buildups over the usual spots ( Mtns. East of L.A., SD Co / N. Baja ..possibly just north of Santa Barbara )  More activity here over the coming days could result in a shower chance for areas closer to the coast out there.

While this type of Monsoon Season set up is better at delivering storms to Tucson and areas just to our south and east, Phoenix ..and the rest of the valley ..E and S.E. areas of town esp. can't be counted out as dissipating storms roll west southwest off the foothills east and N.E. of town. 

Strong outflow winds are the most likely outcome locally,  morning model thoughts from the AZ WRF are showing at least the possibility of the far east side of the valley seeing a little more than just some stronger,  dusty breezes and passing debris clouds  ..if things fire off as expected, where expected in the mountains this afternoon..

While the current SPC outlook has most of the Valley in a " marginal " category, " Slight / Enhanced " category for stronger storms  reaches neighborhoods  jussttt to my southeast. The  minor-est of shift in where storms actually form today could bump that a tad north / northwest.   Even if we stay out of the " Slight " zone, Lightning activity associated w/ passing storms should be easily visible however.

If the suggested map pans out, Tucson up to about Casa Grande should see some good storms by sunset.  ..The classic " Rim to Desert " ( Rim Shot ) set up down there.




If not today, storm opportunities continue to improve locally ..at least thru the weekend - Monday or Tuesday..  We'll see.

While the heat ain't going anywhere, cloud cover, storms ..and subsequent rain soaked ground...  may temporarily knock temps. back to the " tolerably hot " range by Saturday ..thus ending this long stretch of Excessive heat Warnings slung over the area.

More later....

[sonoranfans]

an uncharacteristically cool day 83F 77% humidity and cloudy now but the overnight low was 80F.  We will hit 90 tomorrow I expect.

[Silas_Sancona]

6 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

If the suggested map pans out, Tucson up to about Casa Grande should see some good storms by sunset.  ..The classic " Rim to Desert " ( Rim Shot ) set up down there.



If not today, storm opportunities continue to improve locally ..at least thru the weekend - Monday or Tuesday..  We'll see.
More later....

 Update:

As thought, Tucson is today's winner storm-wise w/ storms that managed to fire just east of town up here, sliding south / southwest, just outside the valley after exploding over Superior / Oak Flat and areas just east of Florence.

Afternoon Satellite check:



While it likely stays dry up here thru the evening, am keeping an eye on the " open slot " N.E. of town where storms didn't really get going, and there is still some spotty activity trying to form over the Rim up there..  That could result in some weak showers trying to roll downhill into town, or may result in nothing but more clouds..

Regardless, some debris clouds rolling past over head signaling the upper level flow is starting to orient itself more out of the east than north to south, which will help guide storms more towards us starting tomorrow.

Despite some clouds passing by, still 113F out..

...While pouring and   ....79F  in Tucson,  ...where it is raining at least..



Current 90min UofA " Catalina " Cam.  look at at conditions down there.

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/products/wximagery/movies/last_90_minutes.mp4

[Silas_Sancona]

5 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

While it likely stays dry up here thru the evening, am keeping an eye on the " open slot " N.E. of town where storms didn't really get going, and there is still some spotty activity trying to form over the Rim up there..  That could result in some weak showers trying to roll downhill into town, or may result in nothing but more clouds..

Always a double  when a hunch pays off.  Note the area of storms rolling southwest toward the valley from the N.E.




..Even if tonight's activity passing thru town only brought spit, dust, and the heavy smell of smoke from fires started by lightning over the last few days up in the foothills east and N.E. of town ..it's a start.. A few decent bolts too.

Temp. now down to a more tolerable 97F at 10:45PM.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

[sped94]

Very hot these days...

Temperatures: min 25°C - max 37°C

Humidity: min 45% - max 95%

 

Now (09:00 AM) temperature 30°C and humidity 81%

[Foxpalms]

Yesterday: 

I was in Santa cruz yesterday where the low was 76f/24.4c with a high of 95f with 38% humidity. There was a thin layer of cloud, otherwise it would have likely gotten into the high 30s c.  In the evening around 10pm whilst leaving it was 84f with 31% humidity.

Puerto de la cruz had thick cloud cover all day so it only reached 82f, but was significantly more humid, around 83%.

[Palm Sundae]

102 at 10:30 AM and 24% humidity. The local golf course looked busy when I went by.

July continues to look very dry. About .05" so far after 0.60" in late June to start monsoon.

[Silas_Sancona]

A toasty 106F under less hazy sun..

After a fly by across the northern outskirts of town last night, passing swath of dry air rolling west through the state from South and Central N.M. and W. TX should shelve most storm potential activity across most of the state today, Southern half esp..

That said, can already start to see some moisture pooling across W. TX, / disturbance triggering storms over the Rockies  on the mornings Sat. imagery, both of which should work their way west / southwest  around the belly of the 4C High overnight into tomorrow ..setting up a better storm day tomorrow into Monday - hopefully -



At the same time, weak UPLL off S. cal is helping to draw elevated convection west and north across CA.  That should continue, to some deg., for another 24-36 or so hours before rotating east out of the state..



Ebb in activity possible Tuesday / Wednesday before another uptick again late week  ..if the forecast holds.

Regardless, storm activity won't be completely scrubbed from the state on the " down " days.



Still about 2 weeks out from entering the " Heart " of Monsoon Season, so i'm not too concerned about not seeing much rain yet..  Still, we need to get things moving along to at least temper all the smoke from recent fires and give everyone a break from the heat.

Temps. follows a similar trend  ..up a notch early week, before pulling back -a little - again late week,  Hopefully..