Warm, Humid Conditions, Rain on the RadarMay. 15, 2022It felt like the summer monsoon season was alr

Warm, Humid Conditions, Rain on the Radar

May. 15, 2022

It felt like the summer monsoon season was already getting its start this morning, with electrified OR clouds and warm, humid conditions. The radar and forecast said nothing about rain this morning.

The clouds were the type that occur on the edge of rain systems. I turned the chembuster from northwest facing to straight up to see if rain could be encouraged locally. Then, out of nowhere, rain showed up on the radar for the central coast and inland mountain and desert areas and our skies became cloudier. Interestingly, playing the radar loop, this rain only appeared for a second, while normally it would move through the series of images so you could see where it came from and where it was projected to go.

We did not get rain here, and I wasn’t expecting it, because these were not rain producing clouds. But my analysis was correct that there was activity nearby. We have been working on increasing the reach of the monsoon and hopefully also the duration. This system came up from southwest, so we are beginning to see the change in pattern that occurs in spring and summer.

Incidentally the same two military planes from the other day flew over the mountain valley during the time the rain was on the radar.