36 thoughts on “Arizona tropical storm live-blog!”
With Newton still having winds of 60 mph about 110 miles south of the border, it seems relatively likely that it will become the first Pacific storm to reach the US with tropical storm-force winds since Nora in 1997. There have been several weaker ones that brought rain, and Nora was a good bit stronger than Newton, but it's a quite rare event.
Live-blog mostly because we have multiple people in SE Arizona and maybe we'll hear from them. There has been a report of 43 mph sustained winds with a gust to 62 at Tubac, AZ, so this will go down as a tropical storm impact.
Send it on to Texas when you're through with it; we can still use a little more rain. Keep the winds, though. If we have a threat of high winds I have to run around and place T-posts in the corner of all of the duck houses so they don't blow away. And they're a pain to remove afterward since we move the duck houses every day or so.
11am, and the storm has winds of 50 mph. The center is about 75 mph from the border, so should cross into AZ in about 4 hours. Still mostly a rain event though.
With Newton still having winds of 60 mph about 110 miles south of the border, it seems relatively likely that it will become the first Pacific storm to reach the US with tropical storm-force winds since Nora in 1997. There have been several weaker ones that brought rain, and Nora was a good bit stronger than Newton, but it's a quite rare event.
Live-blog mostly because we have multiple people in SE Arizona and maybe we'll hear from them. There has been a report of 43 mph sustained winds with a gust to 62 at Tubac, AZ, so this will go down as a tropical storm impact.
As always, stay safe friends!
Send it on to Texas when you're through with it; we can still use a little more rain. Keep the winds, though. If we have a threat of high winds I have to run around and place T-posts in the corner of all of the duck houses so they don't blow away. And they're a pain to remove afterward since we move the duck houses every day or so.
Which part of Texas? Western Texas looks to get in on the rain.
I'm 40 miles northeast of Austin. Those assholes in El Paso will just waste it.
I love El Paso. Not sure why, maybe it's the bald mountains that come down right into the town.
Have fun with your not rain, then?
11am, and the storm has winds of 50 mph. The center is about 75 mph from the border, so should cross into AZ in about 4 hours. Still mostly a rain event though.
BUILD THE WALL!
We only let in the best storms. The best.
It's yooge, but sadly, not a 10.
Droughts are events too, my friend.
"New Mexico: the state that's hidden behind the meteorologist's butt"
https://www.abqjournal.com/840156/newton-may-brin…
"What’s left of Pacific Hurricane Newton is supposed to bully its way into western New Mexico’s Catron County"
Storm bullying is the worst kind. Remember, if you stand up to a bully you usually find out they're cowards. Like Katrina.
What about storm shaming? Is that appropriate here?
The bully's swagger has been replaced with fragmented tiptoeing. Journalism!
https://www.abqjournal.com/840843/exhurricane-tip…
There was a t-storm in the Q yesterday wasn't there. Phoenis too I think.
Quite a nice one! I managed to scoot home during a 15 minute break in the action.
wut?
No rain [here] or [there.] (I'm here today, there tomorrow.)
"65F. Feels like 65F"
How about that!
Wind chill and heat index both match the absolute air temp and "real feel"! Amazing!
I try to find a wx station closer to my NV home, which is actually closer to Stewart Valley CA than to Pahrump NV, but apparently none exist.
Precip. gauge in el corazón de la ciudad
0900 0.08
0800 0.08
0700 0.04
0600 0.08
0500 0.04
0400 0.00
Wind starting to pick up.
In the AZ desert, does it not rain on the just and the unjust? Asking for a friend…
Yes.
Stop hogging all the rain, Arizona rain hogs.
"Rain Devils"
"Rainspreading"
When I hear (or read) meteorologists use the non-word "overspreading" — it makes me feel stabby..
Based on the data available to us at this time, we do not think that Newton moved into southern Arizona as a tropical cyclone.
RIP the dream
Arizona, where wet dreams go to die.
2:20 PM MST
Cloudy
84, feels like 88
Dew point 70
Humidity 62%
Light breeze
0.02 in rainfall so far
Basically, it's muggy as fuck out there.
Oh, and the moon is a Waxing Crescent. First quarter on the 9th.
Wax on, wane off.
0.02 inches, quite the wet storm!
Briefly cracked 86F here (30C!) before the sea breeze came in to save the day. Now down to 82F(28C) and falling.
09/07/2016
1500 0.04
1400 0.00
1300 0.00
1200 0.08
1100 0.08
1000 0.08
0900 0.08
0800 0.08
0700 0.04
0600 0.08
0500 0.04