Mountain West Discussion

[Front Ranger]

Had some decent monsoonal moisture around the last couple days, and should have some more the next few days, but so far only about .20" this week here. Places further north and south have done better.

June will end up about +2 at DEN.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Total posts are rounded off, so still not sure if this will trigger page 100. 

Weather in the Rockies seems to be rather boring. Too bad things cannot be a little more rocky.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Denver has a chance of T-storms tomorrow before getting hot next week.

[Anti Marine Layer]

No thunderstorms yet in Denver, but wind is increasing. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Found out how to actually see the total posts now. Hopefully Denver can get some booming going. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here they go!

[Anti Marine Layer]

I guess Front Ranger does not like to discuss his weather conditions. 

[Black Hole]

Been pretty quiet so far this monsoon at my place, just 0.02" so far. Some spots, especially southeast AZ doing pretty well. Things will pick back up next week but hot in the meantime. 

[Front Ranger]

Only managed about .10" out of the few storms that passed through this week.

Up to 94 today, will likely get my first hundo of the year tomorrow.

[Black Hole]

Looking at 115 here today, perhaps the hottest day of the year. 

[Front Ranger]

Hit 100 here Saturday and 99 Sunday. Very nice break yesterday with a high of just 79.

The monsoonal moisture continues to evade Denver proper (and myself).

[Anti Marine Layer]

On 7/12/2022 at 4:51 PM, Front Ranger said:

Hit 100 here Saturday and 99 Sunday. Very nice break yesterday with a high of just 79.

The monsoonal moisture continues to evade Denver proper (and myself).

Pretty hot for that high up.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Best thunderstorms are well south of the border.

[Front Ranger]

Back home to another 100 today, my second of the year. Not cooling off quickly either, still 90 and it's almost 8:30.

[Front Ranger]

Looks like I might finally get hit by a decent t-storm. Only .35" so far this month, average for July is around 2".

[Tyler Mode]

13 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Looks like I might finally get hit by a decent t-storm. Only .35" so far this month, average for July is around 2".

So?!?

[Front Ranger]

15 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

So?!?

Weak sauce, storm basically went around me again.  Did manage to pick up .08" yesterday.

Tomorrow will flirt with 100 again, but then it looks like we enter a period of good monsoonal moisture for at least a few days. Still hope that July will end up with decent precip.

[Front Ranger]

Got a nice 2 hour period of rain yesterday. Up to 1.16" on the month, and the next week looks promising for more monsoonal action.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Quite an active monsoon this year over Arizona. 

[Front Ranger]

23 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Quite an active monsoon this year over Arizona. 

Vegas got hit pretty good this week: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jul/29/resorts-in-las-vegas-flooded-during-storm-more-rai/

[Anti Marine Layer]

14 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Vegas got hit pretty good this week: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jul/29/resorts-in-las-vegas-flooded-during-storm-more-rai/

Sounds like fun

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looks like Phoenix made it to 104 before the haboob hit.

[Black Hole]

We've had a busy monsoon in the SW. I've only had 2 days with heavy rain so far but they were really heavy. One day with 1.60" and another with 2-2.25", the range is because my rain gauge was under catching due to the 60 mph gusts. That second storm caused some major street flooding.

 

In other news I think odds are good I will be getting a job offer in Tulsa Ok or Wichita KS in the next week so I might be heading east. 

[Black Hole]

I took this not far from my place with that 2nd storm I mentioned.

 

[Front Ranger]

On 8/6/2022 at 4:23 PM, Black Hole said:

We've had a busy monsoon in the SW. I've only had 2 days with heavy rain so far but they were really heavy. One day with 1.60" and another with 2-2.25", the range is because my rain gauge was under catching due to the 60 mph gusts. That second storm caused some major street flooding.

In other news I think odds are good I will be getting a job offer in Tulsa Ok or Wichita KS in the next week so I might be heading east. 

Yeah, great to see an active monsoon season this summer. Hasn't been great here so far, but at least some places that really needed it in the Southwest have done well.

Obviously you'll be in tornado alley either way, but any preference on Tulsa or Wichita?

[Black Hole]

On 8/8/2022 at 12:59 PM, Front Ranger said:

Yeah, great to see an active monsoon season this summer. Hasn't been great here so far, but at least some places that really needed it in the Southwest have done well.

Obviously you'll be in tornado alley either way, but any preference on Tulsa or Wichita?

Probably Wichita for a little more winter but it looks like it'll be Tulsa for what I am offered. Won't know for sure for a few more days. I've always lived in places with mountains and meager severe weather. It's really going to take some getting used to but I am sure it'll be fun. 

[Front Ranger]

18 hours ago, Black Hole said:

Probably Wichita for a little more winter but it looks like it'll be Tulsa for what I am offered. Won't know for sure for a few more days. I've always lived in places with mountains and meager severe weather. It's really going to take some getting used to but I am sure it'll be fun. 

Could do worse than Tulsa overall. I hear you about living somewhere with no mountains, would be tough for me.

Boulder does see a lot of t-storms, but yeah, very few severe compared to many places.

[Black Hole]

Looks like some improving storm chances here coming up. Decent chance of a wind threat Wed-Thur then a rain threat Sat-Sun. Glad the monsoon is still chugging since it can begin to shut down about this time of year. 

[Black Hole]

On 8/10/2022 at 5:01 PM, Front Ranger said:

Could do worse than Tulsa overall. I hear you about living somewhere with no mountains, would be tough for me.

Boulder does see a lot of t-storms, but yeah, very few severe compared to many places.

Yep. I don't see myself staying there forever, but I will give it a trial run at least and can always move around again later. 

[Tyler Mode]

Nice to see this!

[Anti Marine Layer]

5 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

Nice to see this!

Every raindrop counts.

[Front Ranger]

17 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

Nice to see this!

The last month has been solid overall for the area. Summer is still running dry, though.

 

Looks like a decent chance for more rain this weekend. Yesterday had a high of just 71, and no 90s in the forecast. Very nice after a brutal first half of the month.

[Black Hole]

Been a weird monsoon for me with 2 days that I got destroyed but otherwise no meaningful rain at my house. Most other spots have had more regularity down here. Flood watches up for Fri-Sat but I could still see us getting screwed and getting very little even though a few spots will definitely get a lot too. 

[Black Hole]

Picked up .75" this evening from a nice thunderstorm. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hmm. The ti-https://some-link-to-some-website-tle of this thread was changed. 

[Black Hole]

Looks like the monsoon is winding down. Atmosphere warms up and dries out this week for the SW. Some indication the high pushes north again in about a week which could open the door for a brief monsoonal surge, but its pretty typical to see rain mostly shut off about this time of year. Now we look for troughs dipping in from the NW to drag the moisture back north and increase wind shear. Phoenix's most severe weather occurs with these transition events in late August to early October. 

[Front Ranger]

10 hours ago, Black Hole said:

Looks like the monsoon is winding down. Atmosphere warms up and dries out this week for the SW. Some indication the high pushes north again in about a week which could open the door for a brief monsoonal surge, but its pretty typical to see rain mostly shut off about this time of year. Now we look for troughs dipping in from the NW to drag the moisture back north and increase wind shear. Phoenix's most severe weather occurs with these transition events in late August to early October. 

It had a good run.

[Front Ranger]

This week looks absolutely brutal for September, with highs pushing into the mid 90s every day through Thursday.

So ready for some real fall weather...thankfully I'm headed to St. Louis for a few days starting Wednesday, where high temps will be in the low to mid 80s.

[Black Hole]

Staying hot down here. Tropical system trying to move towards the area (more CA) but probably just pushed out to sea by the easterlies around the high. 

[Front Ranger]

High of just 66 yesterday at DEN, with temps falling through the afternoon. 

Today is cooler, with temps still in the 40s currently and widespread drizzle.