A New Decadal Climate Oscillation Detected in Past Data a Long Time Ago? A Fool’s Journey? Namias Reacts

Purpose of this post of ancient, unfinished work with the humorous title:  Could it inspire someone to continue it in a more sophisticated way than I have? Named climate/weather influencing  “oscillations” have become so numerous in the scientific literature (e.g., Atlantic Meridional Oscillation, Arctic Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Atlantic Oscillation, Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Madden-Julian… Continue reading A New Decadal Climate Oscillation Detected in Past Data a Long Time Ago? A Fool’s Journey? Namias Reacts

Our last hope for rain in early Feb; a thin blue line (a 552 decameter one)

Blue, as in the 5520 meter height contour line as produced by a single run of the many NOAA GFS model re-runs with those little “perturbations” of the starting data.    Below, our only hope for rain here in Catalina is if the model run with a 552 decameter height contour over eastern Pacific across… Continue reading Our last hope for rain in early Feb; a thin blue line (a 552 decameter one)

Opinion piece, soapbox, etc; stepping away from clouds for a minute

I was disturbed last evening (Dec. 13th) by a piece on the California wildfires, and their cause during the venerable PBS news hour.  As with so many cases when opinions differ, PBS usually interviews those with differing opinions. Not so last night. It would seem that issues in climate have been removed from debate and… Continue reading Opinion piece, soapbox, etc; stepping away from clouds for a minute

Storm-weary Catalinans prepare for more strong storms, cold, and storm weariness

Catalinans experienced a FOURTH cloudy day in a row, and, over the past few days, including yesterday’s few drops that fell at 4:24 PM, have experienced over an inch of rain! Some grumbling has started concerning muddy,  pot-holed and puddled up dirt roads, about the washes running across roads lately, water and mud splashing on… Continue reading Storm-weary Catalinans prepare for more strong storms, cold, and storm weariness

Lucky snap; studies in orange

From the past three days, these: In other news….. Record July rains are falling in much of the coastal and intermediate valleys of southern California as the pathetic remnant of once proud Category FOUR hurricane Dolores makes landfall there today.  Places like San Diego have had well over an inch, unheard of in July.  August,… Continue reading Lucky snap; studies in orange

Qiet day in “Lake” Catalina; LA Times 1981 climate change quote

Do we really need the letter, “u” in “quiet”?  Just checking…  “Lake” is for all the puddles around right now in Catalina after the nice half inch to inch rain the day before yesterday. There used to be actual lakes in Catalina, btw, “Twin Lakes” they were called, as old timers know.  That’s why we… Continue reading Qiet day in “Lake” Catalina; LA Times 1981 climate change quote

A nice cloud yesterday, not a great cloud yesterday; dramatic day ahead

The clouds were somewhat of a disappointment yesterday, not the stupendous photogenic day CM was expecting. Maybe CM is total fraud, gets Big Oil funding and should be investigated by Rep. Grijalva as other weather folk are,   like the great Prof. and National Academy of Sciences Fellow,  Dr. Judy Curry,  a friend, and about… Continue reading A nice cloud yesterday, not a great cloud yesterday; dramatic day ahead

Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina

Like scientific opinion1, climate change happens.  You may not know this, but only 15,000  to 20,000 years or so ago,  a blink of an eye in light years, the earth was gripped by an Ice Age.  No “hockey stick” handle back then!  Snow and ice piled up over a kilometer deep on top of the… Continue reading Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina

Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday

Of course, only CLOUDS can rain, so the title is a little silly, but it sounded more dramatic like that.  This is the first measurable rain, it fell between 9 and 10 PM here,  in EIGHT weeks! And you could sure smell that special fragrance from the ground and desert vegetation as soon as you… Continue reading Clouds drop 0.01 inches in Catalina! Nice sunrise, too, yesterday

Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe

Had another rainbow from those cloud “warriors” we call Cumulonimbus on the Catalinas.  But, “If traces are your thing, Catalina is king!” as we recorded but a trace of rain again while soaking rains poured down just a couple of miles away on the Catalinas, to form a sentence with too much punctuation and a… Continue reading Stationary rainbow sets duration record, maybe