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US is planning to send 600 or so firefighters to Canada to help with fires. Hopefully stop the incredible smoke. Maybe to keep the fire force employed as California and the West still has some wet ground left over from the winter storms.

I wonder if these big solar storms impact the weather in some ways? Does anyone know if there is any studies of solar flares and day to day earth tropospheric weather?

It varies depending city and amount used. Most water authorities use tiered rates. Don't know exactly how they are used but most likely big users get a discount? At my old place in Lancaster -at the edge of town- the rate is now $30 service fee plus 18 cents cubic foot. I could never keep the bill under $70. Its obvious an acre foot of Cal Water at $600 acre foot (41,280 cubic feet) provides a lot of room for over head costs or maybe profit? for the municipal water company. 0.18 X 41,280= $7000 plus! LA water is cheaper at only about 13 cents per cubic foot. They also use a tiered system so some pay a lot more.

The cost of Cal Water finally below $600 acre foot. Must be because the Kern River diversion into the Cal Water system last week. Hopefully future water bills will be lower. Pure snowmelt so hardly any processing required.

West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona had some good showers today. Maybe the Monsoon has started up?

This article outlines Canada's plea for help in the Western provinces Western Canada Fires. https://news.yahoo.com/canada-seeks-foreign-help-fight-213125221.html There are 3 ways to put out a forest fire; (1)remove the flammable material (trees), (2)reduce the temperature below the combustion point, (3)remove the oxygen. Firefighters use water and flame retardant foam air drops for all 3. But it's expensive. Ground crews use water and dirt again effective for all 3. But that to is expensive and slow. One of the best tools for fire fighting is smoke which only impacts 3- the removal of oxygen. If you have ever burned leaves in the yard or field, you've probably noted that burning into the wind is much more effective than burning downwind. The smoke of the downwind fire smothers the fire by displacing good air- oxygen making the fire very slow to burn downwind-in very light winds. Strong winds provide so much fresh air as to make the smoke ineffective. For ground crews at the active flame front, smoke generators can work where there is no available water. And there is a continuous supply of leaves. twigs, etc. to charge the smoke generators. The action of smoke is very fast in eliminating the flame. When water is available, the twin attacks of smoke and water together can knock down the flames. Operators of course would have to wear breathing apparatus. The smoke generators would be powered by battery.

Scientists continue to predict a strong El Nino condition for late 2023. The one of the contributing scientists in this article El Nino prediction advertises the prediction as "daring"? https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stage-strong-el-nio-late.html#:~:text=The predictions point to a moderate strength El,a stronger El Niño coming in late 2023. The satellite view indicates some increasing ITCZ thunderstorm activity as expected this time of year. The near surface clouds south of Hawaii continue the normal east to west travel. Tremendous heat in Southeast Asia could be the prelude to a strong El Nino if the heated surface water moves east to the central/east pacific. I still think the warmer waters will be blunted by cold water of the Humboldt current, making for a mild El Nino, hopefully quelling the drought in Kansas.

The Redwoods in Big Basin Park getting some nice showers. 1.7 inches at Bonney Doon Fire Station.

Huge melt and flood in the days of May. This article original from the LAtimes spells trouble ahead.Melt trouble https://www.yahoo.com/news/despite-recent-heat-wave-most-120056591.html I once argued California had enough storage. Wrong. We need it now with this whopper snowpack.

Arbor Day. Plant a tree.

I'm sure Dan Hurd makes a lot more money with his prospecting videos on U Tube than he does picking up little pieces of gold from the rivers. He probably has been in the Sierras at some point but I think now he mostly remains in the Fraser river BC area. He, like several others on U tube, is a colorful character, and I enjoy watching the gold videos. Most of them do it for the fun of the search-recreation. Back in the day, so did I.

More gold prospecting stories as a result of this winters big storms. Gold story They are right-the extra rainfall means more erosion and more gold being flushed into the streams. Also it means more gold will be present immediately below the 2150' elevation of Ancient Eldorado. Hiking along this terrain elevation in the areas where it crosses the old path of Eldorado will be another place to look. Plus you can avoid the icy water of the stream channels. https://www.yahoo.com/news/biggest-gold-rush-years-predicted-085858286.html

That big red drought blob in Kansas gonna make the cost at the local donut shop go up!

Replace damaged trees. Dig that hole and get your tree to plant. Only one more week till Arbor Day 28 April. A really amazing tree is the bald cypress. With a little help the bald cypress is a fast grower. Add a little pH increaser- the kind used in swimming pools- around the base and the tree will shoot up quickly. In 5-6 years you will have a nice green and symmetrical tree. Early in life, the tree is as handsome as our conifers. There is a short brown period, as it sheds and replaces its leaves, in the winter but only 90 days or so in warm SoCal. On a trip to San Antonio, Tx I was impressed by the size of the trees along the river there. Unfortunately for us, the tree requires a lot of water. My rain barrel under the roof eve is drained out towards the tree and keeps the water costs down. I put my cypress too close to the house and I can see it growing away -searching for the sun- and curving as it goes up. Best planted in a wide open spot.

Can you expand on that...whats a flash drought? I take it the Cockroach Ridge was a big high pressure over the region.

Now why would Kansas, northern Oklahoma, some of Nebraska, and Texas remain in drought when the western slope of the Rockies is normal with good snowpack and the inter-mountain west/Sierras have plenty of snowpack? Considering the numerous winter atmospheric rivers driving straight out of the west-Do the Rockies create a rain shadow? Or is it -IMHO- the weather modification efforts in the Colorado river basin. Is there some other accepted explanation?

Another video article featuring Ginger Zee- meteorologist- at ABC news about using weather modification (silver iodide dispersion) to help Colorado River basin drought. Colorado river drought ABC News Weather Modification The article does admit that a "wet" season is required to get the 3 to 15 % increase the industry boasts about. And the 2022-23 atmospheric rivers certainly provided that very wet season. And further that some operations were terminated after the western snowpack grew too large. The article says no one is damaged by the activity and no downwind precipitation is affected. I disagree and point to the extended drought in Kansas, northern Oklahoma and Texas all of whom are downwind of the Colorado plateau. If water is removed from the atmosphere, someone downwind is going to lose that moisture. Call it weather modification? but it's really stealing someones water. Aquariusradar does not do that. It does not take any additional water from the atmosphere. Aquariusradar redistributes excessive precipitation in a positive way. Aquariusradar makes no claim about increasing regional precipitation.

I am one of those who believe lots more gold lies buried in the foothills of the Sierras. The 49ers only found a small percentage of the gold of the Mother Lode. Here at my webpages is my take on prospecting today. I think this "dry" technique may be bettor than the popular water dredge sluicing in streams. Dredging is becoming less popular as the permitting requirements come more restrictive. Here is the link to my page(s) about California Gold. California Gold http://aquariusradar.com/AncientEldoradoGold.html For strong hikers and outdoor fans. The infirmities of old age prevent me from doing this kind of hiking- no trails.

Operating a mobile aquariusradar might be a job for Sparky and storm chasers as they already have a knowledge of what tornados are going to do direction wise. Meanwhile, we stay at home types go down to the volunteer fire station and fire up the radar on the fire station roof; ready to zap killer storms if they approach the township.

One of the ideas I have always promoted is the mobile aquariusradar. Just as storm trackers follow and film tornados today, mobile aquariusradar would target the deadly storms and transmit the microwave energy into the heart of the storm as the truck mounted antenna and transmitter moved to keep the storm in view. It's obvious from some of the dramatic still images posted with this storm system that the storm could be targeted by eye. But many storms occur at night and rain wrapped so the storms remain invisible from a distance. In those and most cases, the operators would use the NWS radar data to pin point the storm center. These mobile radars could stand away 5-to 10 miles and still be effective. I am going to markup the Devin Pitts photo posted by Sparky in an attempt to show the concept for those readers unfamiliar with the idea of using microwave energy to temper storms that can create tornados. This only works because -typically- storms are accompanied by lesser but competing storms. CN storms are always competing for moisture, the fuel that fires the storm. When a killer storm is inhibited by the microwave energy, the surrounding storms will grow as the major storm declines. My stick figure attempts to show the mobile transmitter and antenna atop the flatbed trailer. The tractor trailer would be large size and necessarily restricted to paved roads. The radars can be pre-positioned in the watch boxes hours in advance. .

I think the WWV signal for my clock has been disrupted numerous times with all this solar activity. The default on my particular clock is Pacific time so after going crazy for a few hours it always resets for the right time and zone.

To quote Sparky "its best to leave weather alone". The weather modification silver iodine generators have been spewing for 60 years in the intermountain west. I think they are stealing rainfall water from someone downwind. Could be Sparky.

The next potential tornado producing storm is rolling out of California headed for the high risk impact zones of the midwest and south. I have worked unsuccessfully for 15 years to draw attention to the idea that directed microwave energy- the kind radars produce-can slow the development of CN thunderstorms and temper or lessen the power of existing thunderstorms. My arguments largely go unheeded because many readers associate "microwave energy" and "radar" with conspiracy theory about how government is trying to control the weather; ie. "HAARP"?, "chemtrails" and similar nonsensical ideas. I sincerely think this could work to alleviate some of the worst weather known- the tornado -based on my experience of operating high power radars for many years and a study I did of the rainfall pattern around a large DoD radar in NW Florida. I hope not to be annoying with the subject. I sincerely hope to encourage others to investigate the idea(s) to lessen the destruction of hail and tornados. Of course, the NWS storm group in Norman have no interest and the largest weather modification company has no interest. But some day perhaps some investigator will see the idea and decide to go further and test to see if it can work. There is lots of grant money spent on goofier ideas.

Thanks

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