2018 California/Southwest Weather Thread

[Guest happ]

Pretty much a copy of yesterday pushing storm total to 1.45

 

62/58

 

March: 3.81

Year [jul-jun]: 6.42

[Anti Marine Layer]

South of Los Angeles, this storm was a major disappointment. Most places got less than 0.50".

[Anti Marine Layer]

Rain has started up again after a dry period for most of the afternoon. It is coming down pretty nicely now.

[snow_wizard]

Sounds like some places are getting hit good.  Lucky you were able to finally get the southern branch into the equation.  

[Anti Marine Layer]

No March Miracle for places south of L.A. as most Orange County locations got below 0.50" and never had the atmospheric river pass over them. More like March Madness as one of the most anticipated storms of the season was upset by the continuing Southern California drought.

 

Dan the Weatherman is in the Sweet 16 of Weather Forums March Madness today and I will be rooting for him and the college representing him.

 

Looks like some warmer weather by the middle of next week, but with this week's forecast being a complete failure, it's far from certain.

[Guest happ]

Overnight showers: 0.16

Storm total: 1.61

 

Radar shows light showers to the east.

[Jesse]

No March Miracle for places south of L.A. as most Orange County locations got below 0.50" and never had the atmospheric river pass over them. More like March Madness as one of the most anticipated storms of the season was upset by the continuing Southern California drought.

 

Dan the Weatherman is in the Sweet 16 of Weather Forums March Madness today and I will be rooting for him and the college representing him.

 

Looks like some warmer weather by the middle of next week, but with this week's forecast being a complete failure, it's far from certain.

A front stalling a few miles north of where it was forecasted to doesn’t mean the models have the entire pattern wrong. Sounds like much of Southern California got some very beneficial rainfall.

[Guest happ]

https://twitter.com/NWSLosAngeles

 

[Guest happ]

Nothing great [esp in comparison to last year] but a major improvement; perhaps a miracle or is the rainfall connected to recent SSW?

 

70/ 55

 

[Dan the Weatherman]

I picked up only a paltry 0.28" here in Orange with this storm, which was forecast to bring 1" - 2" to the region. I consider this a bust for my area, although many other areas benefited greatly. I just wished more rain would have fallen from Los Angeles to San Diego.

[Anti Marine Layer]

70 today, which is about average for this time of the year, but unfortunately the weekend looks to be colder.

 

There was sunshine on the north facing part of the roof of the house next to me right before sunset, which is a sign that spring has arrived.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Maybe we get a little bit of rain on Sunday, but it will likely be a spring-like deep marine layer event that brings random drizzle.

 

Congrats to Dan the Weatherman for reaching the Elite 8 in Weather Forums March Madness.

[Guest happ]

March will definately be a cooler than average month and likely the first month average maximums are below 70F since Feb 2017. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Much cooler day than yesterday today. Last day on a weekend with above average temperatures was way back on February 17.

 

Trees in front of my house are slow to get leaves this year. Last year this time they had some already, but that was a warm March. Other trees of the same kind have leaves already, while others don't.

[Guest happ]

Beautiful breezy day of clouds/ sun.

 

68/ 53

[Guest happ]

More good news of water storage during an otherwise very modest rain season. Oroville is below average capacity due to damage to the dam in last year's historic rains.

 

https://twitter.com/markgrossi

[Guest happ]

Chilly morning but not much below the norm [53°]. Long term looks warm & dry like April is prone to be.

 

50°

[Anti Marine Layer]

Two more days of cool weather with today being the coolest, then some warmer weather for a while.

 

Hills have become quite green with all of the recent rain, but no flowers have bloomed yet, unlike last year. Do March showers bring April flowers?

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's a typical reverse clearing pattern this afternoon that is common with deep marine layers and weak inversions. There was a little bit of drizzle this morning.

[Guest happ]

 

"SEE EVERYTHING BAD ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN A SINGLE CALIFORNIA TOWN"  https://www.wired.com/story/montecito-is-everything-bad-about-climate-change-in-a-single-california-town/

[Minny_Weather]

"SEE EVERYTHING BAD ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN A SINGLE CALIFORNIA TOWN" https://www.wired.com/story/montecito-is-everything-bad-about-climate-change-in-a-single-california-town/

Yeah. Flash floods hitting areas around burn scars. It happens most every year. I don't see how climate change has anything to do with that?

[Guest happ]

Arizona last night

https://twitter.com/lorigraceaz

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's chilly this morning, colder than it has been in a while.

 

Random low clouds still remain.

[Guest happ]

It was cold this morning. SST: 56-62

 

L: 46  

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still lots of low clouds over San Diego County, but not many elsewhere.

[Guest happ]

Lots of media attention on these whales surfing close to shore in Seal Beach today.

 

72/ 46

 

https://twitter.com/ABC7

[Anti Marine Layer]

Strong Santa Ana Winds in the morning shifted onshore in the late afternoon, as is typical for spring Santa Ana Wind events,

[Anti Marine Layer]

People who jog in shorts and short sleeves in 45 F weather in the morning must have quite a tolerance for cold, but if 45 is comfortable for summer attire to them, then 75 F must be unbearably hot.

 

Also looks like no rain for a while. Downtown LA could still reach June 30 with less than 5 inches.

[Guest happ]

Typical springtime pattern of ridges and dry troughs.

 

Tuesday: 77/ 51

[Guest happ]

Gardeners are breathing a sigh of relief.  Bananas survived winter.  Hills are green!

 

Lowest winter minimum so far: 41F   

[Guest happ]

Pleasant evening/ feels like spring

 

79/ 53

[Guest happ]

Wet early springs can continue into April and even May [ie. 2010/ 2006]; maybe another AR event is setting up for second week in April.

[Jesse]

Pleasant evening/ feels like spring

 

79/ 53

It’s hard for me to picture how this could be, when you guys seem to regularly get days warmer than this in December/January. Maybe just the lusher greenery and blooming flowers?

 

It’s generally difficult for me to wrap my head around how confusing seasonality must feel down there some years.

[TT-SEA]

It’s hard for me to picture how this could be, when you guys seem to regularly get days warmer than this in December/January. Maybe just the lusher greenery and blooming flowers?

 

It’s generally difficult for me to wrap my head around how confusing seasonality must feel down there some years.

 

From experience... its definitely the greenery and the flowering trees.  

[Guest happ]

Hope this is not the end of rain. If this is a weak la nina/ or whatever enso than perhaps noteworthy storms will continue. April has not provided much rainfall over the past 10 years.

 

April

 

2017:  0.03

2016:  049

2015:  0.24

2014:  043

2013:  0.05

2012:  2.35

2011:  0.00

2010:  2.18

2009:  0.12

2008:  0.05

[Guest happ]

Strong inversion/ also spring-like

 

L.A. DOWNTOWN  SUNNY     70  53  54 VRB3      30.05F                 
L.A. AIRPORT   MOSUNNY   59  52  77 W10       30.08F                 

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Nice to finally have some springlike weather. MLB season has begun.

[Dan the Weatherman]

People who jog in shorts and short sleeves in 45 F weather in the morning must have quite a tolerance for cold, but if 45 is comfortable for summer attire to them, then 75 F must be unbearably hot.

 

Also looks like no rain for a while. Downtown LA could still reach June 30 with less than 5 inches.

Even though it has been wetter over the last month in Socal, I am still categorizing this rainy season as abysmal due to the ridiculously low season totals. The July 1 to date rainfall for Downtown Los Angeles is 4.68", which is flirting with 1960-61 totals, which was the driest season on record for L.A. at that time with a grand total of 4.85". We have simply had too many of these sub 7" seasons for Los Angeles ever since the beginning of this millennium. 

 

If this season ends on this total by any chance, it will be the driest La Nina year ever recorded in L.A., since at least before 1900. The driest years on record have always been set during either weak El Nino or ENSO neutral conditions. The driest La Ninas come in around 7" or just above 7", with 1971-72 being one of the driest.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's foggy to start the day.

[Guest happ]

Even though it has been wetter over the last month in Socal, I am still categorizing this rainy season as abysmal due to the ridiculously low season totals. The July 1 to date rainfall for Downtown Los Angeles is 4.68", which is flirting with 1960-61 totals, which was the driest season on record for L.A. at that time with a grand total of 4.85". We have simply had too many of these sub 7" seasons for Los Angeles ever since the beginning of this millennium. 

 

If this season ends on this total by any chance, it will be the driest La Nina year ever recorded in L.A., since at least before 1900. The driest years on record have always been set during either weak El Nino or ENSO neutral conditions. The driest La Ninas come in around 7" or just above 7", with 1971-72 being one of the driest.

 

Hoping for another AR

 

Thursday: 81/ 53

 

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