[AZ-Observing] Re: OT: Four Peaks Webcam?
- From: "Dan Heim" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:14:07 -0700
Happy Holidays to All,
After last night's storm, I was really expecting to see some snow on the New
River mountains to the northeast of here (5500 feet). Something like this:
http://www.heimhenge.com/backdoor/panorama/snowpeak.jpg
But no joy ... guess it just didn't get cold enough. We did get 2" of rain
by my weather station reading. Here in New River (2200 feet) we see snow in
the air maybe once every other year. In the 20 years I've been here, it's
actually lasted on the ground for a few hours on only two occasions.
What we did get was some wind damage. 50 mpg gusts ripped the door off the
access panel to my electrical service. That wind was from the south, our
most vulnerable direction. The home is earth-sheltered to the north and
west, so those directions are never a problem. Damn, it was cold and
blowing last night. Not what I moved to AZ from Green Bay for. At least
the Packers beat the Ravens.
Dan Heim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene A Lucas" <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:46 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: OT: Four Peaks Webcam?
> Greetings,
> There is a light dusting of snow visible up on the highest parts on
> Four Peaks today, but only _above_ the ridgeline (that extends to the
> north).
> (There is a campground up on that ridge...) Also, some snow is visible
> on some of the other higher peaks towards Payson, esp. Mt. Ord. Nothing
> visible on the McDowells, quite normal.
> I can see Four Peaks, Mt. Ord (Lookout Tower north of Sunflower), and
> other points from my north-facing balcony.
> I would have to say, this is a "normal amount of snow" on Four Peaks
> (and the other peaks to the north), for an early winter storm. Yeah, I
> know, ca. 2 feet up in Flagstaff -- that's about the same as the top of
> Four Peaks, but farther north....
> We had quite a bit of rain, all day yesterday, here in Fountain Hills,
> and violent wind gusts last night. But no apparent damage around town,
> like in central PHX. It only got down to about 40 deg F last night.
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