Local webcams

A very unscientific but Very Much Fun way to watch any given storm affecting Sedona and The Verde Valley is via webcam views.  Fortunately, our area is blessed with perhaps more than its fair share of webcams.  Below we provide screen clips of "all the usual suspects" as well as some comments and the source links.

The Arizona Snow Bowl webcams are at the top of the list when pondering most any given winter season storm.  Sometimes you can't see a thing from this webcam.  However, on the morning of November 20, visibility was still pretty good.  The cam is located at 9,500 feet so it's no surprise that it's already snowing up there.  Source: https://www.snowbowl.ski/the-mountain/webcams/

Sedona itself is "webcam rich" with numerous views of the community and surrounding scenery.  Our favorite is the Seven Arches webcam which looms large right over the roundabout at Oak Creek.  This webcam covers more territory over a typically shorter time period than any of the others.  It does have annoying ads but it's worth the hassle just to enjoy the always lovely views.
Source: https://www.earthcam.com/usa/arizona/sedona/sevenarches/?cam=sedona7

Flagstaff runs a top notch webcam above the old train depot.  It's arguably our most favorite webcam because of the fun stuff we can see.  Source: https://www.flagstaffarizona.org/webcams/

Believe it or not, there are two train spotter webcams also attached to the old depot.  One faces east and the other west.  It's really fun to watch the trains come through a snowstorm.  Most of the time, these webcams are ultra boring as nothing is happening and they don't pan or zoom. Scroll down on the Flagstaff webcam to find the links or use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enHzusfLVSY&feature=youtu.be

Above is a webcam at the entrance to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  This webcam is situated about 6,800 feet elevation so it's very useful to see if it's snowing yet up there.  Source:
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

Most everybody knows ADOT runs a huge network of webcams statewide.  There are several instructive local views.  The one above is generally the first one that we watch.  It's on State Route 89S and we believe it faces south.  It doesn't really matter which way it faces.  What we look for, of course, is snow but also the condition of that bar ditch on the right side of the view.  On November 20, 2019, it was very instructive to us to see it filled with water so early in the morning.
Source: https://www.az511.gov/cctv

It's kinda tricky navigating the ADOT webcams.  We will write a tutorial about it later.

There's a webcam at the McGuireville Rest Area.  Generally, this site is in what we call The Verde Valley's "rain shadow."  It just doesn't get that much precip during winter storms.  It's useful to check out the horizons. Source: https://www.az511.gov/cctv

Here's the webcam that shows SR 89A just north of Sedona uptown.
Source: https://www.az511.gov/cctv

We do keep an eye on other I-17 ADOT webcams as well Source: https://www.az511.gov/cctv

Finally, here's The Prescott Plaza looking at the Yavapai County Courthouse.  This one is extremely useful because it has a time lapse replay feature. Source:

https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/?cam=PRSGS