LiveCam at
Zion National Park . Utah
LiveCam at Bandon . Oregon
Jan
23
A cup of espresso warming my hands and the view from my desk this morning.
Fresh snow with snow showers to follow. (click the picture to enlarge)
By sundown the weather is calm again. (click the picture to enlarge)
After 4 days of high winds, sideways rain, and snow we’re finally on the rebound to typical Arizona weather. Today still promises more snow and wind but at least we are starting to return to normal, where we can put out the motor home slides and raise the internet satellite dish. I feel like Blue and I have been turtles tucked safely inside our shells. Nothing to do but watch the Weather Channel and wait it out.
Here’s a picture shot during the storm by my friend, Joyce Caudell, who is living “off the grid” in her motor home, near Quartzite, AZ.
"The lowest pressure ever recorded at Phoenix Sky Harbor occurred at
644 PM MST Thursday evening with a reading of 29.20 inches of
Mercury. This breaks the previous record by a full tenth of an inch.
This was one of a number of all time record lowest pressures set in
the southwestern United States Thursday… including Lindbergh Field
in San Diego with 29.15 inches of Mercury at 1222 PM PST…
… and Blythe with 29.02 inches of Mercury at 253 PM PST
Thursday.
These record lowest pressures are another indication of just how
unusually powerful and intense the storm system that moved through
the southwestern United States Thursday and Thursday evening was.
" Statement from NOAA”