Unbelievable…. Well over 100 inches in the coastal range just north of San Luis Obispo (see arrow below). And, check those max totals in the table at right, too. April also produced significant precip in central and northern Cal with almost 20 inches of water at the wettest site. More will accrue in May, too.… Continue reading Update on astounding Cal water year totals through April
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Catalina WY progress report; Cal WY update, too, since I grew up in Cal
I thought you’d like to see this: Doesn’t look promising for much rain here in Catalina in March, however. No rain in sight through the next 10 days at least. Let’s check our 7 inches with what’s happening upwind, say, in CALIFORNIA, and see if there’s been any drought relief there, through February, via the… Continue reading Catalina WY progress report; Cal WY update, too, since I grew up in Cal
Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016
Not much else to talk about, no rain of course; what is that? But with so many colorful scenes yesterday, we can be partially sated by the lives we lead here sans rain here. October ended with a puny 0.01 inches in Sutherland Heights. Now, because I grew up in California and remain a little… Continue reading Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016
Hurricane force winds strike the Sutherland Heights!
If you don’t believe me, and slept through it during the power outages when it was COMPLETELY dark last night, here is a MEASUREMENT of the event from a private weather station, The arrow points to the event, 58 knots, which is about 67 mph. This is the greatest wind measured by the PWA in… Continue reading Hurricane force winds strike the Sutherland Heights!
Cloud stories, continued
Our last cloud chapter was rudely interrupted by drought, with the last “rain”, an embarrassing one, of just 0.01 inches here in Sutherland Heights a week ago. Areas around us, of course, got more. Today’s weather…. Well, its no fun telling folks what they already know, but will say it looks tentatively, relying on… Continue reading Cloud stories, continued
Pretty and eerie skies yesterday; let the rain begin today
Here are some examples from yesterday’s pretty, then toward evening, eerie skies with sprinkles, the latter due to backlit Altostratus opacus mammatus, to go the whole nine yards, an icy cloud with downward hanging protuberances that resemble something. I’ve reduced the size of that image accordingly. Below, in sequence, 1) Cirrus, 2) Altocumulus, 3) the… Continue reading Pretty and eerie skies yesterday; let the rain begin today