2017 California/Southwest Weather Thread

[Thunder98]

Constant Thunder now

 

 

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[Thunder98]

It's Raining

[Guest happ]

Santa Barbara county/ Santa Maria valley scoring big time tonight otherwise severe weather is off shore today/ tonight w/ no rain locally again 

 

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Looking west from Santa Monica via http://weatherwest.com/archives/5860#disqus_thread

[Dylan]

So far nothing in Santa Barbara but there have been many warnings further inland and north.

[Anti Marine Layer]

No rain or thunder in Orange County today. Just a hot and humid day that cooled down quite a bit towards sunset.

 

Monsoonal moisture may be making its last appearance of the summer as a long wave trough is expected to develop by midweek.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Storm surge is just like an extremely slow moving, extended tsunami. Water actually retreated offshore in Florida before the hurricane passed. Water will also retreat offshore before a big tsunami.

[Guest happ]

Most thunderstorm activity was north of Pt Conception into the Bay Area today; just muggy and warm here.

 

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[Anti Marine Layer]

Thunderstorms in San Francisco have delayed the Dodgers game. Dodgers have gone into free fall.

 

Down here it was another hot, uneventful day.

[Dylan]

We picked up just under .1 last night.  This brings us to over .35" for September which is rather unusual for Santa Barbara. 

[Thunder98]

Winter is coming!

 

 

[Guest happ]

Fire containment is improving nicely as temps lower and rain chances increase. Over 2 inches of rain occurred on 9/15/15 from remnants of Dolores. This summer has similarities including easing the fire season in SoCal, thus far.

 

Troughs are our friend

 

[Guest happ]

Stratus hanging tough in Santa Monica bay. 70's are forecast this week even inland a ways.

 

[Thunder98]

So far I have seen 0.46" of rain in September 2017, the average is only 0.16". In fact this is the wettest September since 1997!

[Guest happ]

I hope the end of summer/ start of fall features several more storms, either tropical or north Pacific.

 

Very pleasant today

 

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[Dan the Weatherman]

I hope the end of summer/ start of fall features several more storms, either tropical or north Pacific.

 

Very pleasant today

 

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I remember September 2010 having a number of days with mid-level altocumulus clouds here in Socal much like we have been seeing for the last several days. Whether this is a sign of a possible early start to the rainy season like that of 2010-11 remains to be seen, but I just thought that it was interesting to note that the recent sky conditions reminded me of a portion of that September. It would be nice to have another winter of decent rainfall like that of last year or 2010-11.

[Guest happ]

I remember September 2010 having a number of days with mid-level altocumulus clouds here in Socal much like we have been seeing for the last several days. Whether this is a sign of a possible early start to the rainy season like that of 2010-11 remains to be seen, but I just thought that it was interesting to note that the recent sky conditions reminded me of a portion of that September. It would be nice to have another winter of decent rainfall like that of last year or 2010-11.

I was thinking the same thing while observing the beautiful clouds of late. The combination of usual late season monsoon influence and troughs along the West Coast w/ rainfall in places is encouraging. Dr Patzert & other climatologists are hesitant to predict what the rain season will be this winter but there are similarities to wet years except, of-course, the big El Nino that wasn't in 2015. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/11/winter-is-coming-what-do-climate-scientists-predict-for-california/

 

Peter Tellone posted this photo of Borrego Valley yesterday evening

[Thunder98]

I'm looking forward this!

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Marine layer already deep enough for a reverse clearing pattern this morning. In fact, most of the bight is clear.

[Guest happ]

Marine layer already deep enough for a reverse clearing pattern this morning. In fact, most of the bight is clear.

[Guest happ]

Central Coast rainfall http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/#photo-14095379

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Inversion must be very weak this morning as marine layer has lots of holes.

 

Also it looks like www.desertweather.com has been hacked.

[Guest happ]

NWS_LA is calling for a deep marine layer as of 2 hours ago yet skies are still completely clear over Los Angeles and nothing out over Santa Monica bay.  Weak ridge may be the cause.

 

Wednesday: 81/ 65

[Thunder98]

Went down to 59F very early this morning! Been 2 weeks since the last time it went down below 60's. The dew points are in the 50's more often than not now too.

 

http://disq.us/url?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrh.noaa.gov%2Fmesowest%2Fgetobext.php%3Fwfo%3Dlox%26sid%3DKSMX%26num%3D72%26raw%3D0%3A7xx6gtmh_0eoAC0FP9JONYbGrVc&cuid=2684546

[Guest happ]

Stratocumulus filling in w/ a definite autumn feel today. More to come.

 

[Guest happ]

Incredible activity in NorCal over the past few days including over 2000 lightning strikes in 24-hours.

 

Lake Tahoe - Andrew Joros

 

[Thunder98]

Cloudy day so far. Has more of an Autumn tint to it.

 

 

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Standard reverse clearing day with the Inland Empire and lower coastal slopes having the largest temperature anomalies. San Diego reached 76 F, which is the normal high there.

 

We have a beach picnic on Saturday, so need to hope for more reverse clearing or more complete clearing everywhere.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cool day today, but August 15 actually felt colder than today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Semptember 13 would be an awfully early date for the last time of 2017 that Palm Springs reaches 100.

[Guest happ]

Stratocumulus increased through the day suppressing the temperature for delightful gardening weather. At my location today's mean was the coolest day since 6/12. I hope we can get at least some drizzle out of these upper level troughs into next week. 

 

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[Anti Marine Layer]

Sunset now the same as when we started Daylight Saving Time. Sunrise is 30 minutes earlier than that date. It's the Equation of Time.

[richard mann]

(.. cross-reference.)
 
http://theweatherforums.com/index.php/topic/1582-summer-2017-colder-air-mass-movement-and-distribution-projections/?p=256243

[Anti Marine Layer]

Never like seeing Richard Mann have his name as the most recent poster anywhere because his posts are too scholarly for a casual weather forum.

 

Another deep marine layer day with lots of stratocumulus clouds.

[Guest happ]

Your posts are always so much better. Nothing like 50 shades of marine layer anxiety every day.

 

And you and Tim are "sanctimonious"   

[Jesse]

And you and Tim are "sanctimonious"

Indeed.

[Guest happ]

Its worth knowing that last September featured similar coolness [69F 9/13/16] and ended up w/ -2° monthly departure after a summer almost identical to this year. California experienced the hottest summer on record http://weatherwest.com/archives/5860. JJA positive departures are notably reflected in warm minimums for coastal CA. 

[Guest happ]

Indeed.

 

So why are you posting in the same manner that you accuse Tim of re: Montana?  What wisdom are you sharing on this forum?

[Jesse]

So why are you posting in the same manner that you accuse Tim of re: Montana? What wisdom are you sharing on this forum?

I didn't like seeing him unfairly attack Richard's posts.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Skies have blackened up towards the foothills and the reverse clearing is less than yesterday. Nevertheless still made it into mid 70s.

[Anti Marine Layer]

San Diego's high of 76 was once again exactly normal while Campo's high of 74 was 16 degrees below normal.