Meteorological Spring is the calendar months of March, April and May. Astronomically speaking Spring starts today. The Sun will be directly over the equator at 9:15 this morning Tucson time. You might feel a little dizzy. Dogs may be barking. If you are doing the dishes you might drop and break one. 🙂 Of course none of that is true… except the Vernal Equinox is at 9:15. Equinox meaning equal night (Latin). In a perfectly spherically shaped world with no atmosphere we would have exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighty night across the entire planet. But, the atmosphere actually bends the incoming  sunlight so the Sun appears to rise a few minutes before it actually does and appears to set a few minutes after it actually does. Throws the whole Equinox off a bit, but it’s still close.

The first day of Spring in Tucson looks pretty outstanding! Lots of sunshine today with a high near 80.

Mostly clear skies tonight with a low near 50.

High pressure continues to flex the next couple of days. Sunny tomorrow 84ish. High clouds moving in Wednesday through Friday. Thursday the warmest day of the week despite the cloud cover with a high near the record of 90. Cooler Friday as a system misses us to the north near 80. Mostly sunny Saturday upper 70s. Mid 70s Sunday and Monday. Enjoy!

Still a chance for showers this morning, but as I write this at 6:45ish in the morning, still nothing. Most of the computer models are still showing some light rain across the area, but a couple models say we will stay dry, so it’s possible we might get skunked. Still a chance for an inch or two of snow in the mountains. Winds becoming WNWesterly 5-15 mph and gusty once the front moves through. Clearing skies this afternoon with a high only 64ish.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 30s!

Mostly sunny tomorrow near 70. Near 80 Tuesday. Mid 80s Wednesday!

Another storm approacheth Thursday with mostly cloudy skies low 80s. Slight chance for light rain Thursday night and Friday. Friday upper 70s. Sunny upper 70s Saturday. Enjoy!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

Our next storm approacheth. Our exiting system that brought snow to northern Arizona cooled us off quite a bit yesterday with a high of 70. A little warmer today as slight ridging occurs ahead of our next storm currently off the northern California coast.

High clouds, thick at times, today with a high in the mid 70s.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 40s.

Mostly sunny tomorrow with a high in the low 70s.

Then our system moves into Arizona Saturday and moves through Sunday. Pretty good chance for showers but they should be on the light side Saturday night and Sunday morning. Only expecting a tenth of an inch or less in valley locations. A little bit of snow above 6,000 feet in our local mountains. Showers likely ending by Noon Sunday with a high only in the mid 60s.

Mostly sunny Monday after a chilly start (mmm chili) with a high in the upper 60s to near 70. Upper 70s Tuesday. Mid 80s (or warmer) Wednesday. Low 80s Thursday. Enjoy!