rain

[.270]

dang, this rain is nice. gonna green up the desert, maybe make some poppies. dang sure gonna make a lotta spring feed and fill some tanks. creeks and rivers will all run. hope it makes some prickly pears. we're about outta jelly. they say the one comin' in behind this one is even bigger. i 'bout froze showern' under the eaves tonight. and my neighbors called the cops on me, again. let rain. this is fine. Lark.

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Lark,

We did some jelly last year, if you are short would gladly ship a jar to you just give me your mailing address and no I am not an undercover IRS agent just a legit offer on some great PP jelly....

[Red Rabbit]

Flag got 8" of white stuff last night. I didn't take a shower outside though.

 

The prickly pear pads I have seen while out quail hunting have been drawn and withered from lack of moisture. Hopefully, some spring rains will continue and there will be more plump in the pads and good flowering/fruits later.

 

We are to get 24-50" of snow possible from Thursday's storm. 4-6" of rain possible below the rim.

[Coues79]

Here at my place in San Tan Valley, I had .82 inches in the rain gauge. It sure is great to have it. Mother Nature, keep it comin'

[JLG]

Does anybody live up by Cordes Junction, is there snow on the ground around Dugas? Do you think with the big storm coming in Thursday night/Friday, there could be snow there? Take Care, JLG.

[coues krazy]

Here at my place in San Tan Valley, I had .82 inches in the rain gauge. It sure is great to have it. Mother Nature, keep it comin'

San tan valley Dont think I will ever be able to call it that. Anyway, I had just under an inch at my place. Could be some flooding if the next one is as big or bigger. Should be a great year to have an elk tag. Keep the storms coming!

[.270]

hey redneck, thanks for the offer. we still have a few jars and my wife said there is some frozen juice in the freezer. folks that ain't never tried prickly pear jelly don't know what they're missin'. i love to drink the juice straight. talk about an energy drink. wooo. Lark.

[izquik72]

Does anybody live up by Cordes Junction, is there snow on the ground around Dugas? Do you think with the big storm coming in Thursday night/Friday, there could be snow there? Take Care, JLG.

I live in PV and we had no snow here or in Prescott

The surrounding mountains snow level looked to be around 6500 ft. So no snow at Dugas YET!

 

I am hoping the snow level drops if not I will be fixing fences last weekend or Archery deer.

[Red Rabbit]

JLG,

One of the NOAA forecasts had the snow levels down to 4000' Friday morning. I would think there will be snow at Cordes/Dugas then. Also very high winds expected as the front moves through.

 

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?si...&glossary=1

 

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ

330 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010

 

.SYNOPSIS...THE LAST AND MOST POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IN THIS SERIES

WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA TONIGHT. THIS

NEXT SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY LOWER ELEVATION RAIN EARLY THURSDAY AND

FRIDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING. EXTREMELY HEAVY MOUNTAIN

SNOWFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DRY

OUT BY SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

&&

.DISCUSSION...HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM ARE ALREADY

PUSHING ACROSS ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN AND SNOW IS PUSHING

ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO

BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. THIS

SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL AND

WESTERN ARIZONA BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WITH THIS STORM

WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY

MORNING. THIS STORM IS THE LAST AND STRONGEST STORM THIS WEEK. WE

HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF

NORTHERN ARIZONA AND A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF

THE MOGOLLON RIM FOR THIS EVENT.

 

SNOW LEVELS WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY AS THIS STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSES

ACROSS THE STATE. INITIALLY...COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW THE

FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION TO WET-BULB...WITH SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS

5500 FEET TONIGHT. STRONG MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RAISE THE SNOW

LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW

LEVELS WILL RISE TO 7500-8000 FEET FOR SEVERAL HOURS THURSDAY

EVENING...BEFORE DROPPING AGAIN LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AS HUGE COLD

FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR AN

HOUR OR TWO JUST AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE

STATE. HEAVY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WITH MUCH LOWER

SNOW LEVELS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND LOW ELEVATION

RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

 

COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY...

WITH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION CONTINUING.

 

THIS IS A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM. RAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE

TREMENDOUS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY

DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POWER MAY BE DISRUPTED BY HIGH WINDS

AND HIGH SNOW LOADS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK FOR UPDATES.

 

[bonecollector]

These storms pretty much killed the last week of my pig hunt. O well we need the rain more than I need a piggy.

[coues4u]

Put on your rainsuit and get out there and get your piggy

[tontotom]

Hard to imagine you not getting along with the neighbors? Maybe they thought Sasquach was invading the subdivision. We still get you up here Lark.

[culpritz]

im gonna try and make it up to dougas tommorrow and hunt alil bit if i can ill let you know if theres any

[JLG]

Thanks guys for the information. If for some reason anyone is driving I-17 between Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I would appreciate a Dugas report snow or not, Take Care, JLG.

[arizonaelitefreak]

my boss lisves in paulden and when he called me this morning he said they had bout 4" of snow on the ground and he was headed into chino and needed 4 wheel drive on the roads!