NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
Sunrise was gorgeous this morning in North Phoenix, but we won’t be seeing much of our favorite star over the next few days. As Hurricane Rosa’s remnants blow into the Valley, rain is expected to begin later today or tonight.
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Anyone worried about flooding from the remains of Hurricane Rosa can find sand and sandbags at three Daisy Mountain Fire stations. Bring your own shovel and someone capable of lifting 20-pound bags.
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Hurricane Rosa has made the northward turn that will eventually bring the storm to Arizona. The forecast continues to call for 2-3 inches of rain in North Phoenix, and a Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Monday and Tuesday.
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Whereas monsoon storms can be isolated, capricious and violent, Rosa’s remains will be more zombie-like: longer, slower, persistent. North Phoenix could get an inch or more of rain between Sunday night and Thursday.
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The remnants of several hurricanes and tropical storms have struck Arizona, in a few cases catastrophically. In 1970, a tropical system killed 23 people in the state. See 9 of the most notable tropical systems that affected Phoenix.
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With August only half over, many gauges in the region are approaching or exceeding seasonal norms. And yet, the fickle monsoon storms have left some spots well below average. See the totals for Norterra, Sonoran Foothills, Tramonto, Anthem, New River and Desert Hills.
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The monsoon pulled its usual tricks this week, dumping here, dancing around there. Even within NoPho—the I-17 corridor from Norterra to New River—there was notable disparity between rainfall totals. Click to see what fell where.
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Between noon yesterday and midnight, 38,194 cloud-to-cloud lightning flashes were observed across the Valley, with nearly 6,000 cloud-to-ground strikes, according to the National Weather Service. Many parts of the Valley saw heavy downpours. But not NoPho.
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The precipitation roughly doubled the totals since January in Tramonto, Sonoran Foothills and Norterra. Rainfall in Anthem ranged from heavy in its easternmost areas to modest on the far western side.
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Trees were uprooted in Anthem and much of the region saw strong winds and blowing dust. But rain gauges from Norterra through Sonoran Foothills into Tramonto and Anthem recorded some of the lowest totals in the entire Valley.
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The first storms of the 2018 monsoon dumped 1.73 inches of rain in Cave Creek Sunday and set a record for the date in Flagstaff with 0.38 inches. But North Phoenix got skunked.
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