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October 21 Storm Post Mortem Analysis

Links to weather maps showing conditions related to the rain event in Tucson on October 21

500 mb map at 5 PM Tucson local time
Surface map at 4:30 PM

Unfortunately the position of the cold front is in the wrong place. This is about the time that the front passed through Tucson. This is because the rain areas are based on the current radar data, while the frontal positions are based on a map analysis done several hours earlier.

High temperatures relative to average for October 21
Position of the Jet Stream on October 21

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