Tucson Training Camp Day 1

After a little layover in Phoenix, I drove down to Tucson on Sunday morning. It was a beautiful sunny drive. Just after mid day, I picked up MD at the airport. The skies turned gray and it started to sprinkle as I drove. MD and I decided we try to sneak in an 8 mile run and then plan our Monday ride. We got about 100 yards into our run and the sky opened up and the wind howled. The 35 mph gusts sent us back to the condo. MD thnks his wife may have cursed him. The rest of the afternoon looks like this.




Day 1: Disaster.

Here is the current forecast for Tucson...no laughing. It doesn't look like we are going to be able to go up Lemon this year. Monday's forecast calls for more rain. We are going to drive west until it clears up.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Tucson, AZ
3:36 am MST, Mon., Mar. 8, 2010

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

* TIMING... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET... AND 8 TO 11 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS... SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY THE PREDAWN HOURS. MOST ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* WINDS... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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