2017 California/Southwest Weather Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

Not much wind here right now, but they say strongest winds should be shifting to San Diego County.

[Guest happ]

Dew points down to -35 in San Diego county per NWS

[Geos]

Dew points down to -35 in San Diego county per NWS

 

Wow, that's crazy low!

 

Was just watching live the fire jumping the 101 in Ventura.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/channel/322-cbs2-live-newscasts-and-breaking-news/

 

Stay safe!

[Guest happ]

More fires reported in San Diego county today though wind speed is generally lower than it has been. All the smoke is blowing out to sea and actually being reported as far north as Monterey Bay. Once the wind turns onshore we will have serious health problems.

 

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[Anti Marine Layer]

Wind was not too strong here today, but it will probably pick up again after sunset.

 

Just under ten hours of daylight today in Orange County. New York City should be getting their earliest sunset tonight.

[Guest happ]

No doubt about it; this is a shitty winter

[Anti Marine Layer]

No doubt about it; this is a shitty winter

Winter does not start until another 2 weeks. And as usual, coastal areas will probably not get their peak of cool weather until next May, when the "rainy" season will be long over.

 

Blocking patterns that last for weeks or months are a feature of climate change.

[Guest happ]

Winter does not start until another 2 weeks. And as usual, coastal areas will probably not get their peak of cool weather until next May, when the "rainy" season will be long over.

 

Blocking patterns that last for weeks or months are a feature of climate change.

 

I am really bummed but others have pointed out that a dry December does not, by any means, guarantee a dry winter!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Weather has become boring even in the Pacific Northwest where no rain is expected for the next week.

[Anti Marine Layer]

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap-thomas-fire-truck-mo-20171207_4x3_992.jpg

 

The "looks that stop traffic" are up on the hill. Who cares about LAZBoy.

[Guest happ]

Some eerie photos of the fire near Oceanside. I have an aunt/ uncle/ cousins in San Luis Rey; hope they are OK

 

[Dylan]

The air quality is bad in Santa Barbara.  I can't remember seeing ash fall in December before or being cold while this is occurring.  Hopefully the winds will remain calm.

[Guest happ]

Light winds last night/ this morning are a relief.  

[Guest happ]

NSW_LA has an animated graphic projection of the smoke from Ventura/ LA fires turning onshore this afternoon moving into the Basin/ Orange county. We've escaped the smoke so far due to offshore winds but a northern wind will turn the smoke toward metro Los Angeles. What a miserable situation. 

[Guest happ]

Add insult to injury: snow/ sleet being reported in Brownsville [lat: 25.90N] and New Orleans [Lat: 29.95N]

[Anti Marine Layer]

Add insult to injury: snow/ sleet being reported in Brownsville [lat: 25.90N] and New Orleans [Lat: 29.95N]

Weather is all out of whack. As climate change continues we will get December temperatures in the 60s as far north as Anchorage and snow at sea level in tropical regions. This will not be the case every day, but there will be times it happens.

 

Record strength troughs will bring cold weather closer to the equator than ever at times while record strength ridges will bring 100 degree offshore flow events in December and January to Southern California.

[Guest happ]

Weather is all out of whack. As climate change continues we will get December temperatures in the 60s as far north as Anchorage and snow at sea level in tropical regions. This will not be the case every day, but there will be times it happens.

 

Record strength troughs will bring cold weather closer to the equator than ever at times while record strength ridges will bring 100 degree offshore flow events in December and January to Southern California.

 

Data agrees with you, sadly

[Guest happ]

Snow blankets Atlanta today. WoW 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Actually getting a little sea breeze right now, which is quite a change from the last couple of days, but the moisture has been pushed so far offshore lately that it does not help the humidity very much. Would not be surprised if the ocean level dropped recently with all the Santa Ana Winds.

 

So far there is not too much smoke in the air, but some cirrus clouds are filtering out the sun.

[Guest happ]

No complaints, naturally, but smoke is nowhere to be seen even with slight onshore wind in the lower levels.

 

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[Guest happ]

Merry Christmas from California

 

NWS_SD

 

[Guest happ]

This looks very encouraging minus model flip/ flops. January is generally a good rain month.

 

@DanLeonard_wx

 

[Guest happ]

There's some amazing weather going on in south Texas:  http://www.kiiitv.com/news/local/record-snowfall-covers-coastal-bend/497991842?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5a2afd5904d301491997e8d1&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

 

I think this is Corpus Christi 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fires may be bad, but October 2007 was worse. It's a good thing we did not have strong Santa Ana Winds this October.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2007_California_wildfires

[Anti Marine Layer]

I had a strange dream that there was some dense fog outside this morning. In reality there are some high clouds and it's a chilly morning, but should be a warm day.

 

Solar noon has returned to where it was at the Fall Equinox and 3 more days of the sun setting at 4:42 PM are left.

[Guest happ]

Windy through the night. At least we haven't had to use the furnace in the morning though other calm areas are experiencing minimums in the 40's or cooler.

 

8AM

SAN RAFAEL HI   N/A     72   1   6 N3          N/A       

[Anti Marine Layer]

TV sounds weird with some sort of buzzing sound when people talk or there is loud music. Sometimes people sound hoarse. Wonder if the dry weather could be causing it. We have DirecTV.

[Guest happ]

TV sounds weird with some sort of buzzing sound when people talk or there is loud music. Sometimes people sound hoarse. Wonder if the dry weather could be causing it. We have DirecTV.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-HE3JpApcY

[Anti Marine Layer]

Temperatures go from 47 to 74 in just three hours at KFUL. Looks like another day in the 80s with the maximum sun angle not even reaching 35 degrees.

 

Meanwhile in Miami, temperature was 80 near sunrise with dewpoints in the mid 70s, but the cold front that brought all the snow to the deep south is moving through there and bringing rain with the temperature down to 65.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hot today in the sun, but some high clouds are moving in. They are also obscuring the smoke from the satellite image.

[Guest happ]

A very warm and still evening reminds me of summer sunset. Ending a sustained period of light/ moderate wind since early last night.  Warm night coming up.

 

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[Guest happ]

I don't know how to exactly describe it but there is a feel to subsidence.  Sometimes a warm day will stay warm as the air descends; it is almost like you can feel the atmospheric pressure.

[Jesse]

Weather is all out of whack. As climate change continues we will get December temperatures in the 60s as far north as Anchorage and snow at sea level in tropical regions. This will not be the case every day, but there will be times it happens.

 

Record strength troughs will bring cold weather closer to the equator than ever at times while record strength ridges will bring 100 degree offshore flow events in December and January to Southern California.

Wouldn’t it be possible for record cold troughs to reach into California as well in this whacky scenario of yours?

[Anti Marine Layer]

Wouldn’t it be possible for record cold troughs to reach into California as well in this whacky scenario of yours?

Yes, that is why last two Junes there was snow in the Sierras followed by Palm Springs temperatures of 122 F a few days later.

 

Eventually some time Southern California will get some sea level snow followed by 100 degree temps in December one week later. That's what climate change is all about. Even though the world is warming, the stronger troughs will bring polar air further south than ever before while some place else is having severe winter heat and droughts. The jet stream is getting more wavy.

[Kayla]

Yes, that is why last two Junes there was snow in the Sierras followed by Palm Springs temperatures of 122 F a few days later.

 

Eventually some time Southern California will get some sea level snow followed by 100 degree temps in December one week later. That's what climate change is all about. Even though the world is warming, the stronger troughs will bring polar air further south than ever before while some place else is having severe winter heat and droughts. The jet stream is getting more wavy.

 

What are you basing all of this on? There have been plenty of blocky fall/early winters like this in the past.

 

There is plenty of data that supports climate change but there isn't any data that supports your thoughts above (that I know of) or that the jet stream is "getting more wavy". 

[Guest happ]

Despite previous model runs showing smoke moving southwest into the basin/ San Gabriel valley/ Orange county the wind continues to direct the smoke WNW toward Santa Barbara. Nevertheless many are suffering hay fever/ allergies from the dry dusty winds; I'm living on antihistamine. I'll just stay inside and switch between NFL games featuring the Chargers vs Redskins and Rams vs Eagles playing at the same time.   

[Anti Marine Layer]

Some people said smoke was reported in San Francisco, which is pretty crazy, but not where the models had predicted the smoke to be blowing.

 

No wind here, but it continues to remain hot and dry making it hard to believe Winter Solstice is just 11 days away.

[Anti Marine Layer]

What are you basing all of this on? There have been plenty of blocky fall/early winters like this in the past.

 

There is plenty of data that supports climate change but there isn't any data that supports your thoughts above (that I know of) or that the jet stream is "getting more wavy".

 

A few winters ago California had record heat for much of February while parts of the Northeast had record cold and snowfall caused by the polar vortex. We were stuck in the same pattern alomost all winter. Some meteorologists expect droughts, snowstorms, hurricanes, and floods to be more intense than ever before. In 2010 Moscow had the hottest summer on record, not even coming anywhere close to the previous record. They had crazy fires like California had this year. All of this points to stronger and more persistent troughing and ridging. The stronger a trough or ridge is, the higher the amplitude of the waves in the jet stream.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Halo around the sun. In any place other than California, that would mean a storm is approaching.

[Guest happ]

A few winters ago California had record heat for much of February while parts of the Northeast had record cold and snowfall caused by the polar vortex. We were stuck in the same pattern alomost all winter. Some meteorologists expect droughts, snowstorms, hurricanes, and floods to be more intense than ever before. In 2010 Moscow had the hottest summer on record, not even coming anywhere close to the previous record. They had crazy fires like California had this year. All of this points to stronger and more persistent troughing and ridging. The stronger a trough or ridge is, the higher the amplitude of the waves in the jet stream.

 

All that talk about troughs is making me salivate. Growing up I remember periods of hot weather in December. Aver max: 75° in 1986 & 1994. The past 10 yrs have featured many cool Decembers including last year: 66.8° / norm: 68°