Arizona Weather Force

A late start but as a cooler than normal Southern California has turned around so will the monsoon in Arizona and evidence is finally there to warn of a strong upswing in the state-wide monsoon levels as we close the month off and go into September so read on for details. The Arizona Monsoon usually peaks around this time.  However, […]

The easterly wave brought flooding to the Tucson metro areas yesterday (Thursday) with storms today as well, and a weakening trend over the weekend, before a stronger monsoon flow is expected as we hit August.  Read on for details … On July 11th I stated that the monsoon would ramp up this month with the arrival of the easterly wave […]

Use this map to get to at least a Bortle 4 sky to see the comet tonight. It is tough to see from the city. Bortle is basically a measurement of light pollution. Link – https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6.34&lat=4075356&lon=-12479692&layers=B0FFFFFTFFFFFFFFF   At 8:30pm you will start to see the stars. At 9pm you will see the comet more and the best window is around […]

The Arizona Monsoon is about to show itself the real deal as I expected in the previous post from July 11th, which will directly affect the metro areas as well.  Read on for details … We are seeing thunderstorms in Southeast Arizona and along the Mogollon Rim as of late, and this is all very common during the monsoon.  However, […]

Tropical Storm Cristina is responsible for shoving moisture in the mid-levels northeast into Western Mexico.  In return, the developing thunderstorms there continue to push moisture northwest and eventually into Arizona, which will be caught up by the developing four corners ridge as this month moves along.  The heat-blast happening this weekend into Monday is the first sign of offshore flow […]

The first naked eye comet to be seen in darker skies of this magnitude since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 is an easy target for anyone up at 4:45am local time and looking northeast towards the sunrise through this week and a treat in binoculars.  Read more for details … A comet visiting from the most distant parts of our solar […]

The FB Notification IOS/Android Apps For This Page are both out now.  Click Here to download them – A very strong 600m upper ridge of high pressure that marks the ‘heatwave’ before the monsoon begins will develop over the the Arizona/New Mexico border by Friday.  This will push temperatures through 115F and with the weekend moving along, temperatures may even […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued a statewide fire weather warning for gusty winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures for your Sunday and Monday along with a thunderstorm watch for the southeastern part of the state only effective today (Saturday) so to see the wind gust and monsoon forecast models read on … First I will address the monsoon forecast model.  […]

The Arizona Monsoon Season has officially started as of today, June 15th.  It is starting in the Southeast Arizona zones and is quite nominal, however no sign of relief for the fires in sight. Many people are grateful for the rain Southeast Arizona is getting today, however these are not the types of storms you want.  These have little rainfall […]

In watching how June is going and what is being seen coming into the start of the monsoon season.  June 15th marks the start of the monsoon season and we will see only the New Mexico zones really having an activity, along with Southeast Arizona.  We had a good surge through Tucson in the beginning of the month and this […]