Month: March 2017

Summary: As of 4pm, a trace of rain was recorded at the Imperial County Airport (KIPL – click here for observation detail), and .02″ at the US Naval Air Facility, El Centro (KNJK – click here for observation detail). Westside School (Seeley) also recorded .02″. Some areas received heavier showers, and if you have any reports on that please reply and let us know if you could.

As you can see from the animation below, the Yuma area is looking at some heavy showers moving in (still hit and miss), and east of Yuma should see the same (Mohawk Valley). You can also see what the band of showers looked like as it moved through the Imperial Valley.

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There were no thunderstorms recorded, but some lightning strikes were recorded mainly in the Mexicali Valley (below)

 

Plenty of west wind, cooling, and drying will follow this wave of rain… More storms are coming, into early April.

The incoming storm is on track, and looking like it will generate some thunderstorms also. As with most thunderstorms, precipitation amounts can vary widely, to 1/2″+ in tomorrow’s storms, though we are forecasting .05-.15″ for 70% of the valley tomorrow, and a 10% chance for the heavy amounts.

Below is an animation of this morning’s computer forecast run, displaying 11am to 11pm Wednesday (*please allow time for animation to load*):

The mostly solid band of rain we expect to move through should do so during the afternoon. CM

This is the hay report… Parker Arizona, from the last storm
(The real weekly report is being worked on as I type this…)

The north to south streamlines and mostly clear skies indicate how much the weather has changed. This is good hay curing weather, 70 to low 70,s, dew points in the 20’s, humidity mostly in the teens… (please wait for the animation to load)

-Chris Manly