BeanRoy Posted June 1, 2021 Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 So typical: not including the year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 That latest tropical storm that is dissipating to the SW of us is throwing a lot of moisture this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 SE SAT got .40 inches of rain at 5:30am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Riberas got 0.3 inches at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 My gauge is reading .29 in Centro Ajijic, but still light rain falling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Jocotepec got 0.4 inches last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 This just isn't the rainy season yet and a drying trend is forecast as the moisture from the last tropical storm dissipates. It sure was a nice break from the heat and dust, yes? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 So rain now can´t be part of the "rainy season", do they make that same distinction with snow falls, that can´t be part of the "snowy season"? Only if everything is in a certain alignment? If it rains, it rains, and if it don´t, it don´t. What difference does that make to the rainfall total for the year? Are we supposed to pretend that no rain has fallen the last few days? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Let Google be your friend and look up "Mexican Rainy Season." Plenty of discussion there that defines and explains it. It is marked by a distinct shift in weather patterns and air flow. For purposes of this exercise when that shift occurs and is accompanied by significant and repeated rain, that defines the start date. For this year, the beginning has been forecast to be erratic so defining a single start date could be dicey. Thus far we've had several rains due to tropical disturbances passing to the south of us that have produced most of the rain to the south and mostly cloudiness here. That actually is typical of a late season pattern when the easterlies are waning and is unusual but welcome this early. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex45920 Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Our rainy season comes from the south. It happens all over the world this time of year. Most of the world refers to it as the monsoon. It's simple enough to understand. As the planet tilts its north axis toward the sun, the northern hemisphere warms and more moisture evaporates into the atmosphere. As the tilt increases, the tropical weather zone moves northward along with the increased warming. This explains why the rainy season arrives in southern Mexico about a month earlier than our own rainy season. It also explains why we typically get rain during the evening during the rainy season...cooling temperatures in the evening force the excess moisture in the atmosphere to condense into rain. Occasionally, storms develop that are strong enough to spin off and head north on their own ahead of the system. Both the rainy season and the occasional storm originate in the same weather system, which comes from the south. And it has arrived. Welcome rainy season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Sorry but that is not correct. If it were the tropical storms wouldn't move from east to west/northwest. Our rainy season comes from the SE, driven by the Azores High. The Monsoon Trough flows from east to west, see below, and as the rain picks up tropical waves track along it from southeast to northwest and it shifts more to the north bringing the rain inland. That pattern is beginning now as can be seen from this screenshot from the Mexico 3 Day. Towards the end of the rainy season, usually in September, the tropical storms start tracking more to the north and northwest, some curving around to hit the coast as far north as Cabo. No, the rainy season has not started. We are in a drying trend now as the residual moisture from two tropical depressions dissipates. But it is coming soon as the screen shot illustrates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 3:43 PM, Mainecoons said: In order to be deemed a real start, the rain has to fall three times in a week, be clearly generated by the easterlies the shift of which denoted the beginning of our season and have to add up to 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) in the first 7 day week. The date of the first rain in the qualifying trio is the winner. We all agreed on this thread to go by these "rules", so everyone give it a rest. MC has done this for years and has this covered. If you want to change the game next time, then speak up earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeanRoy Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 WHO agreed exactly? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 6 hours ago, BeanRoy said: WHO agreed exactly? The participants? 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoneyBee Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Well at least I know why I keep on spilling my glass of beer all over the place, its the damn axis of the planet that keeps on tilting..☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Heavy rain and some flooding Sunday night in GDL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 2:59 PM, Whipstock said: June 8th. 🤞 Judge's ruling on a Mulligan (?); June 23rd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, Whipstock said: Judge's ruling on a Mulligan (?); June 23rd Nope. You're about to be on the sidelines watching with the rest of us early optimists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: Nope. You're about to be on the sidelines watching with the rest of us early optimists. Sì 😪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Solar Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Mainecoons said: Nope. You're about to be on the sidelines watching with the rest of us early optimists. What happens if / when we're ALL early? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Last date wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 2:08 PM, Mainecoons said: Nope. You're about to be on the sidelines watching with the rest of us early optimists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted June 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2021 Going to go out on a limb here. I think the rainy season will start tonight or Sunday. Definite pattern shift now and strong flow of mid level moisture from the NE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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