2018 California/Southwest Weather Thread

[Guest happ]

Sierra Nevada today 

@CrashingOut

[Anti Marine Layer]

Absolutely delightful. Deep stratus, light shower to the west, calm and the kind of humidity we get in May. I love the Gray/ Gloom coming our way in spring. Bring on the rain

 

67F

DP: 59

I can understand our need for rain, but that famous song does NOT say

 

Zip a dee doo dah. Zip a dee day. My oh my what a wonderful day.

Plenty of overcast heading our way.

Zip a dee doo dah. Zip a dee day.

 

Then contrary to what any songs say, at least 50% of the human race seems to prefer cool, gloomy weather over warm, sunny weather.

 

Ever considered moving to Seattle, now that you are retired?

[Anti Marine Layer]

Feeling very June like this morning except for the late sunrise.

 

Another thing I wonder is why don't any of the 50% of the human race who enjoy cool, gloomy weather write happy songs about it?

[Guest happ]

I can understand our need for rain, but that famous song does NOT say

 

Zip a dee doo dah. Zip a dee day. My oh my what a wonderful day.

Plenty of overcast heading our way.

Zip a dee doo dah. Zip a dee day.

 

Then contrary to what any songs say, at least 50% of the human race seems to prefer cool, gloomy weather over warm, sunny weather.

 

Ever considered moving to Seattle, now that you are retired?

 

Witty

 

If we had 50% cloudiness/ rain then I would be happy but in a Mediterranean climate that is very unlikely. A dry winter would be more acceptable to me so long as an active monsoon were guaranteed such as in Tucson, Arizona.   

 

Sunday: 69/ 58

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here, I wrote one for you (classic blues progression):

 

Oh, I'm tired of constant sun

 

Lawd, I'm tired of constant sun

 

I fear it's my doom

 

To never see gloom

 

Yeah, I'm tired of constant sun.

 

 

Plus, it's not 50%.  It's more like 5%, and they're all on weather forums, so it gives you a skewed perspective.  Also, songwriting typically isn't in their skill set.

It has to be a happy song, so it should not say you are tired of something.

[Guest happ]

Flash flood watch for Santa Barbara/ Ventura counties; areas that desperately need the rain but not all at once. Hopefully no mud/ landslides up there.

 

76/ 58

 

Huntington Beach Pier this morning:

@StaciKratz

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Flash flood watch for Santa Barbara/ Ventura counties; areas that desperately need the rain but not all at once. Hopefully no mud/ landslides up there.

 

76/ 58

 

Huntington Beach Pier this morning:

@StaciKratz

Must be after the marine layer burned off, but the satellite image does not show much of that happening at the beaches.

 

It's humid today.

[Guest happ]

Must be after the marine layer burned off, but the satellite image does not show much of that happening at the beaches.

 

It's humid today.

 

Here's the tweet:

Good morning #SurfCityUSA Emelie Olin made it on time to capture this beauty while we were still catching some ! #HuntingtonBeach

[Minny_Weather]

Santa Barbara County has evacuated burn areas already.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Our hazy June Gloom pattern continues, as yesterday got pretty warm when the sun came out, but you could still barely see the Santa Ana Mountains.

 

Hope the colder air with the storm systems later this week can at least wipe out the inversion and bring some snow to the mountains.

 

 

Also, it's drizzling this morning.

[Guest happ]

60° dew points are widespread but moisture is scant in SoCal

[Guest happ]

Light shower for the past 30 minutes or so. Very muggy today

 

0.06

70/ 58 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Impressive totals of 0.01" at Downtown LA so far.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Once again, the middle of the day was pretty nice. Amount of rain was disappointing for this afternoon, however.

 

Also, today is the 3rd of 3 days in 2018 where solar noon is 1:00 PM or later. We are gaining more light in the mornings than the evenings, but last few mornings were so overcast it looked like full darkness at 6:25 AM, my alarm clock time, when there should have been at least partial daylight.

 

 

 

[Dylan]

We picked up over .5" today in Santa Barbara.  It was a very light rain for most of the day with a few periods of moderate rainfall.

[Anti Marine Layer]

A little more rain fell overnight and the ground is wet this morning.

[Guest happ]

Storm total is now slightly over a third of an inch which is a modest amount but much appreciated. Rainy periods are forecast into next week.

[Guest happ]

NNW toward San Gabriel mts.

[Anti Marine Layer]

You may remember last week they were saying we'd have a strong storm around the Ides of March (tomorrow). Not that strong anymore.

 

Now another strong storm expected middle of next week. Will it fizzle out or take a more northerly track again?

 

Today is Pi Day, by the way, so expect the irrational.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Thunder98 is up against snowman5678 in the First Four tonight in Weather Forums March Madness. Currently Thunder98 is winning at halftime. Go Texas Southern.

 

As for the weather, much less haze today and there was not a solid overcast deck in the morning. Weaker inversion helped, as we lost our atmospheric river and tropical air mass.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hoping there will be some more rain tonight. Today had plenty of sunshine.

[Guest happ]

It appears the "door"/ deep troughs is open for additional rain/ snowfall. Maybe not a March 'miracle' yet but next week's storm could include quite heavy rainfall rates. 

 

65/ 55

 

Rain: 0.31

March: 1.97 

Year [jul-jun]: 4.50

[richard mann]

(.. cross-reference.)
 
 
http://theweatherforums.com/index.php/topic/1711-winter-2017-18-colder-air-mass-movement-and-distribution-projections/?p=331091

[Anti Marine Layer]

More rain overnight, at the time it should be happening. Nothing too significant, but the hills are getting green.

[Guest happ]

Same view 24 hrs later

 

[Guest happ]

Not good news if it verifies.

 

66/ 50

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Happ got just knocked out of the 2018 Weather Forums March Madness competition in a big upset. Heavy Snow has dominated for now. Dan the Weatherman is still in it.

 

Today got mostly sunny and there was not much of an inversion to keep any haze around. Tomorrow has a chance of being the first morning since Daylight Saving Time started to not be mostly cloudy.

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 days ago was Pi Day. Yesterday was the Ides of March. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, but what is today? It's the Spring Equilux, which is the day with closest to 12 hours of daylight.

 

However the exact date of Spring Equilux depends on your latitude.

[Guest happ]

Prognosis for rain recovery is dire especially considering the average amount of precipitation is less than 2 inches from April to the end of the rain year [either June 30 or Sept 30]

 

@ggweather

[Guest happ]

"That said...both the EC and GFS have 
  demonstrated this season an annoying tendency to develop large 
  storms on Day 6 and beyond only to diminish them as the event 
  nears."  NWS_LA

 

First minimum below 50F since 3/5. Sunday could produce frost in some areas unless windy, IMO

 

49°
 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looks like plenty of snow for the Sierras. Down here just a lot of dark clouds towards the Santa Ana Mountains.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Waiting for the rain to arrive. Today was the coldest day of the week. Hard to believe Spring Equinox is next Tuesday.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Storm has under-performed once again. Only 0.10" for Downtown L.A. and Fullerton got only 0.09".

[Anti Marine Layer]

Unless the storm for mid to late next week can bring some decent rain and we have a few more storms following that one, it won't be a Miracle March.

 

However last night's upset of #1 Virginia by #16 UMBC was definitely a March Miracle.

[Guest happ]

Not a miracle yet but March has produced the most monthly rain this wet season at my location. Overnight wasn't too impressive.

 

0.12

 

March: 2.36

[Guest happ]

MOS keeps minimums way above freezing except Ojai/ parts of Central coast tonight

 

L: 49

 

Somewhere in Orange county

https://twitter.com/OCSkywarn

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

The one bad thing about a mild climate is that you can have January like temperatures in June or July like temperatures in January. All it takes is a switch from a dominant ridge pattern to a dominant trough pattern to get a "reverse spring". This year winter began late February right before the start of meteorological spring. Most of December and January were like summer.

Here a summer like day in December is like a #10 seed beating a #7 seed in the NCAA tournament or a #11 seed beating a #6 seed.

In a place like New York, you'd never see a 90 degree humid day in January or a snowy day in June. Or at least it's extremely unlikely. However, it could just happen some day like #16 UMBC beating #1 Virginia.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cold and windy today, even with plenty of sunshine. One of the coldest days of the entire winter.

Dan the Weatherman, your game is on.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fixing the John Wayne Airport rain gauge is not a high priority for anyone as they once again have reported M for today. Even with the rain this week, most places are still 25% to 35% of normal.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Since I was bored, I did the count. Only 11 days this entire winter as cold or colder than today. Not a single one of those in December or January. We've got 2 days to go with Spring Equinox on March 20 at 9:15 AM.