Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 10-09-09 Wed 21 Jan 2026 Major winter storm to impact a large area...crippling ice...significant snow - YouTube.png Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 10-12-58 NWS Tucson Arizona.png Interesting low moving across the northern Baja appears to be creating a storm that will affect place...

@Pivo
I asked Grok the same as the original and it told me only if I really truly believe in Elon's many, many completely true and honest promises that 100% always come true. I can trust it, right? Oh, it also asked if I wanted to see nude photos. Not sure what that was about.

Oh boy! Sign me up!

I bet the AI has all sorts of helpful and very accurate gems like this little nugget of information.

AI is going to make all of our lives better! Hooray for big tech!!

Ski the Lemmon may be reporting 12 inches from the last storm, but they also report it isn't sufficient to operate the resort. Snowbowl reports 18 inches fell over the last week. Respectable. But: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/ https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predi...

@TooOld2Hike_EP
Thanks. Sounds like my phone will be good for at least another year or two.

I saw no other posts that are recent and might mention this, and are also unlocked. I appear to be running Android 14. I see online that Android 16 is the most recent OS. I recall from 2 and 7 years ago that Route Scout will not function properly if attempting to run the most recent version of RS on...

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.ph ... suedby=TWC

a listing of the totals around SE Arizona. Pretty substantial.

@RedRoxx44 Yes, I see almost 3/4 of an inch of rain on Mount Hopkins today (no idea about snow on Wrightson as it has been in the high 30s on Hopkins for the rain), and well over an inch for 2026. Plus, about an inch of rain in several small storms between Christmas and Jan 1. At least in the Ritas...

@Pivo
I don't know, but I was seeing 45/47 grouped together for a while. Perhaps he identifies as numbers?

https://biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/pdfs/251210-25-4285-01-Cmplnt-CTR.pdf Seems the real story here was linked in the original post's article. There is a lawsuit about this. Actually, this park pass fiasco is rather funny. Trump's intense narcissism seems to have gotten the better ...

https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/support/states/CO/products/#state=co&element=wteq https://nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/awdb/basin-plots/POR/WTEQ/assocHUC2/14_Upper_Colorado_Region.html For Colorado snowpack graphs and charts. Yeah, rain isn't what you guys want to see, but warm and dry was fo...

Anyway.....
yes, the California precipitation forecast is very impressive, with many, many feet of snow possible in the Sierra Nevada. Doesn't look like as much will make in to Arizona, but the western deserts might get a fair amount of precipitation.

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mai ... r-syndrome

This seems appropriate.

Could there be a Christmas miracle? The 7 day shows some potential. The precipitation has spread over much of Arizona, but SE AZ looks dry. Oh, well.

Edit for an updated 168 hour QPF 12/21

And people say Republicans are never champions of the arts. Why, here is a prime example of Trump deliberately stimulating patronage of the Arts.

Seriously though, winter heat like 83 or what is forecast in my old neighborhood in December is not fun. 66 in Flag in December is nuts. It has been nearly or was 60 all week, too. At least there was rain this year, even if it was in November. These hot dry winters have terrible air quality, and you...

It's a hoax! Believe that. It wasn't 66 in Flagstaff on Thursday. Everything is better than before. bESt wINtAr Ever!

@azbackpackr
At least you earned it by virtue of age. Unlike someone I know who's stolen valor includes a fraudulent Military lifetime Access pass. And yes, YOU KNOW who I am talking about, and why I find him so disgusting.

Oops. I deleted my rambling paragraph about how citizens should also pay more, hence the part about entrance fees being twice the current amount. That last paragraph makes little sense, since, yes, it is foreigners, only. Oh, well. US citizens should also pay more. I propose raising the Interagency ...

Just so long as the money generated doesn't go towards any non-NPS funding. Build and maintain new bathrooms, water lines, water spigots, interpretive dance signs, visitor centers that burn down, and everything in between, but never use it for anything else in any other agency or department. We last...