Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Rainbow this morning. Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 San Diego Airport got 0.80". Downtown L.A. got 0.02" until they picked up another 0.07" tonight. Storm was too far west this morning and too far south this afternoon, but we just got a pretty good rain shower here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 It is really coming down now after a slow start yesterday. Downtown L.A is up to 1.35" now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 The heavy rain seems to have broken the Fullerton Airport rain gauge. John Wayne Airport is up to 1.81" with most of that in the last 2 hours. My smartphone just yelled at me about a Flash Flood Watch Totals for Fullerton will be M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Interesting article about Carr Fire "Firenado": https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article222687285.html Shower activity picked up here in late afternoon as east wind finally was conquered and now the low-level flow is southerly, making for a bit of orographic enhancement. 0.40" accumulation so far.My global climate Professor has probably mentioned the California “firenado” as a completely new weather phenomenon and a slam dunk result of climate change about 20 times this semester. Seems a little sensationalistic. Not to downplay how terrible the Carr Fire was in terms of human suffering, but I’d imagine that sort of weather phenomena can and has occurred in large wildfires throughout all of history if the right conditions were present. Makes for great doomsday imagery though! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Getting darker as the day goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Not all Republicans think climate change is a hoax, but the Democrats use it as propaganda to scare people and make themselves look good. With the last couple of years we've had, there is definitely some climate change, but whether or not it's as horrible as they say remains to be seen. The media always likes to exaggerate things to scare people. Remember when they thought Y2K would be a horrible disaster? If people are so worried about climate change, stop driving those massive SUVs to work. Anyway, I don't want to put too much political stuff in here. It has sure been a crazy day, and they only have rainfall totals as of 9:40 AM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Over 3 inches for John Wayne Airport and does not seem to be letting up any time soon. Some places could break their all time daily rainfall record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Rain has finally stopped here. Took a walk in the nice fresh air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 There has been a constant steady light rain for hours now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=lox&print=yes&prod=rrmlox Nice list of totals. Great to see Southern California get a good soaking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 L.A. is at 211% of its normal rainfall this far in the season, compared to 5% last year at this time during the December fires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Why doesn't Dan the Weatherman have anything to say about the storm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 The storm today behaved like an atmospheric river. It's still raining here, but most of it is light. The heavy stuff is moving through San Diego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Things are back to normal here with the sun shining and absolutely nothing going on in the California thread. We gotta invite some people here from the weatherwest before California goes completely dead here. I have noticed there are no updates to the weatherwest site either with the last post there still about the Camp Fire. Not even these storms could get the blog author to post a new article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 D**n. Looking at this thread almost makes me feel bad for making Happ delete his account. Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Day started off nicely before some thick high clouds moved in early afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Weatherman Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Why doesn't Dan the Weatherman have anything to say about the storm? I have been posting quite a bit on Weather West (using the same handle and avatar), but have forgotten to post here as of late. I need to remember to post here every now and then. It is pretty easy to copy comments from one forum to another, and that would be an easy way for me to post in both places. Anyway, this last storm provided a very good soaking in Socal and I picked up 2.47" here in Orange. The ground is still quite wet here in my yard as of today from this storm. I hope we get at least a couple more storms before this month is over. So far this fall has been so much better than last fall, which was almost a complete shutout as far as rain goes here in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Weatherman Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Things are back to normal here with the sun shining and absolutely nothing going on in the California thread. We gotta invite some people here from the weatherwest before California goes completely dead here. I have noticed there are no updates to the weatherwest site either with the last post there still about the Camp Fire. Not even these storms could get the blog author to post a new article. I believe the moderator of Weather West has had a busier schedule lately and hasn't had as much free time to post as many updates. By the way, do you ever post over on Weather West or just on this blog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Today is the last day of our 4:42 PM sunsets. In the last 2 weeks, sunset has not changed much at all, but it will be advancing forward a little more quickly now. On November 27, which was the first day of the sun setting at 4:42 PM, sunrise was at 6:33 AM and solar noon was at 11:38 AM. Today sunrise is at 6:45 AM and solar noon is at 11:44 AM. There is much more sunshine today with only a few low clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Weather looking bland for a while.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 It's a one day Santa Ana Wind event today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 California is so dead. Today was a gray day, but the sunset was spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Six days to go until Winter Solstice and it's a warm December day with yesterday's high clouds having migrated into Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Weather looking bland for a while....Bland if you're waiting for storms and other exciting weather, but today was a spectacular day with clear skies, warm sunshine, and temperatures in the low-mid 70s. I'm off between Christmas and New Year's Day, so hoping for some more nice weather, and then hopefully we can get back into a wet pattern again in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Bland if you're waiting for storms and other exciting weather, but today was a spectacular day with clear skies, warm sunshine, and temperatures in the low-mid 70s. I'm off between Christmas and New Year's Day, so hoping for some more nice weather, and then hopefully we can get back into a wet pattern again in January. You guys have a storm on the way tomorrow.... Quote "Let's mosey!" --Cloud Strife ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 Snow Events (post 2014): (1. January 10th, 2017: 18.5 in.(2. February 6th, 2014: 7.5 inches(3. February 20th, 2018: 5.0 inches(4. February 21st, 2018: 4.0 inches(5. December 14th, 2016: 3.5 inches Honourable Mentions: December 7th, 2018, February 9th, 2019. Total since joining the Weather Forums: 3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 "Storm?" No "storm" here, unless you mean Eureka or something. The vast majority of posters in the California subforum (like, all both of us) are in SoCal. There's a 20% chance of showers on Monday. That hardly counts as a "storm," although the way things have gone overall the last few years, beggars can't be choosers. Yeah, I was thinking Bay Area north. Quote "Let's mosey!" --Cloud Strife ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 5 Snow Events (post 2014): (1. January 10th, 2017: 18.5 in.(2. February 6th, 2014: 7.5 inches(3. February 20th, 2018: 5.0 inches(4. February 21st, 2018: 4.0 inches(5. December 14th, 2016: 3.5 inches Honourable Mentions: December 7th, 2018, February 9th, 2019. Total since joining the Weather Forums: 3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 80% chance of rain Sunday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Weatherman Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 "Storm?" No "storm" here, unless you mean Eureka or something. The vast majority of posters in the California subforum (like, all both of us) are in SoCal. There's a 20% chance of showers on Monday. That hardly counts as a "storm," although the way things have gone overall the last few years, beggars can't be choosers. I find it hard to get excited for a measly 20% chance of rain here in Orange, especially during our rainy season. Most of the time when there is a 20% chance, it doesn't even rain anyway. Only during the summer monsoon season do I get in any way excited about a 20% chance of rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 For the Central Coast, the NWS is forecast 0.25-0.5" tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Not quite as warm today as yesterday, but still very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 We were just a little bit more than .10 degrees away from the lowest midday sun angle at solar noon today. There's a chance Fullerton Airport could be warmer for the winter solstice next Friday than it was on the summer solstice. More likely closer to the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Can’t wait until the sun angles gets higher again and the days getting longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder98 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Storm total is 0.31". Just as expected. Not a bust either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Rain has started to fall, and it's pretty heavy, but unlikely to last very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 A few places got measurable rain yesterday. Huntington Beach at 0.03" and Lake Forest at 0.02" were among the top places. We have had May Gray and June Gloom events with more rain than this past "storm". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Lake Forest sunset tonight is about the same as one month ago (within a few seconds), but the sunrise is about 23 minutes later. On the solstice, sunset and sunrise will both be about one half minute later than on the previous day, pretty much anywhere south of the Arctic Circle. Saddleback Mountain was noticeably lighter today at 4:45 PM than in early December. Nice day today, but the afternoon cooled down quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Marine Layer Posted December 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 The Winter Solstice (2:23 PM PST on 12/21/2018) is nearing, with a maximum solar declination of around 23.43562 S. Not much change in the declination left at all, and that's why it translates to "the sun stands still". Also notice the second component of the analemma (Equation of Time) is changing about as fast as it does any time of the year, so despite the least daylight tomorrow, we have the longest solar days of the year now. Time and Date: 12/20/2018 5:38:03 PMSolar Declination: 23.43269 SEquation of Time: 2.15Minutes for Solar Declination to change by .01: 2123.06Minutes for Equation of Time to change by .01: 29.09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-SEA Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 The Winter Solstice (2:23 PM PST on 12/21/2018) is nearing, with a maximum solar declination of around 23.43562 S. Not much change in the declination left at all, and that's why it translates to "the sun stands still". Also notice the second component of the analemma (Equation of Time) is changing about as fast as it does any time of the year, so despite the least daylight tomorrow, we have the longest solar days of the year now. Time and Date: 12/20/2018 5:38:03 PMSolar Declination: 23.43269 SEquation of Time: 2.15Minutes for Solar Declination to change by .01: 2123.06Minutes for Equation of Time to change by .01: 29.09 Was just looking at Mexico City sunrise and sunset times... they actual peak at a sun angle of 90 degrees on May 17th and then it declines a little in June... and then peaks at 90 degrees again on July 25th. I assume that between May 17th - July 25th... the sun is technically in the northern sky in the middle of the day. Although it probably appears straight overhead. Keep going south... and Bogota Columbia has a peak sun angle of 90 degrees on April 1st and September 10th. And reaches a low of 71.2 degrees on the summer solstice. That would be so confusing! Quote **REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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