2018 California/Southwest Weather Thread

[Guest happ]

Guess where it was calm this morning?

Burbank : 79 / 52 / 0.00
Chatsworth : 78 / 64 / 0.00
Northridge : 78 / 64 / 0.00
Pasadena : 82 / 54 / 0.00
Pomona/Fairplex : 78 / 48 / 0.00
Saugus : 74 / 59 / 0.00
Van Nuys : 81 / 65 / 0.00
Woodland Hills : 78 / 58 / 0.00

[Thunder98]

Went down to 46F this morning

[Anti Marine Layer]

Seemed to be a bit smoky this morning near the Santa Ana mountains, but looks like they were able to quickly get it under control.

[Guest happ]

We dodged a major bullet yesterday w/ widespread high winds/ critical dew points and yet no fires of any significance.  Today's maximums in Phoenix were in the 60's depending on the airport. Last week CPC forecast much below average temps for Arizona/ Southwest that verified and with the recent storms soil moisture levels must be OK in spite of the strong dry winds. There has only been one day in the 90's this month and the forecast is for temps to stay below 90F except in the warmest valley locations for the rest of the week.  

 

85/ 61

[Dan the Weatherman]

We dodged a major bullet yesterday w/ widespread high winds/ critical dew points and yet no fires of any significance.  Today's maximums in Phoenix were in the 60's depending on the airport. Last week CPC forecast much below average temps for Arizona/ Southwest that verified and with the recent storms soil moisture levels must be OK in spite of the strong dry winds. There has only been one day in the 90's this month and the forecast is for temps to stay below 90F except in the warmest valley locations for the rest of the week.  

 

85/ 61

 

I figured that with all the rain in Orange County there wouldn't be fires with this first Santa Ana event. However, now that the soil has dried out some, along with dry fuels, the fire danger will be higher with the next event.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Could get some low 90s later this week. Southern California is one of few places where October was warmer average highs than May. Days in October are about 3 hours shorter.

[Thunder98]

Its really cold this morning! 

 

[Guest happ]

NWS_LA

"There is certainly a
non-zero chance of showers and thunderstorms between Friday
afternoon and Sunday morning. Sky coverage has been increased as
well to mention partly cloudy skies for now. "

 

Wow 

[Anti Marine Layer]

We're almost to that point of the year where the sun does not reach 45 degrees above the horizon at solar noon. Today is pretty hot after a chilly morning.

[Guest happ]

Dry and windy weather continues

 

87/ 63

[Thunder98]

The peak Sun Angle today in Orcutt will be at 45 degrees.

 

[Guest happ]

Crepuscular [sun] rays over San Diego bay this morning. 
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[Thunder98]

A hot and dry 90F right now

[Guest happ]

Still staying under 90F here though some areas were warmer in metro area.

 

89/ 65

[Anti Marine Layer]

Days are hot, but it gets dark early making for pleasant late afternoons.

[Guest happ]

Hot day but with low dew points [30's] it was comfortable in the shade.

 

91/ 67 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Low clouds did not make it onshore this morning, but it felt noticeably more humid.

[Guest happ]

The weakest upper low could produce showers mainly to the north of LA today otherwise an uneventful week ahead. Good baseball weather. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Another warm day today, but looks like marine layer will come onshore tonight for a cooler day tomorrow.

[Guest happ]

Nice day/ higher dew points

 

83/ 63

[Guest happ]

"Beat LA" originated in Boston but applied to basketball. Conditions will be chilly in Fenway Park tonight but Dodgers can easily handle 40's [hopefully] 

 

Monday: 78/ 62

[Thunder98]

Yawn wx still

[Anti Marine Layer]

Today is extremely hazy. Almost looks like a foggy day with full sunshine.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Today is about the same length of day and sun angle as February 18, the afternoon shadows are long, the sunset (in UTC) is about the same time as mid January, and the high temperatures still average higher in late October than they do in late May.

You would never see a shadow like this at 5:41 PM in May.

[Guest happ]

No clouds of any substance but nice views of the moon 

 

82/ 61

 

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[Anti Marine Layer]

Drizzle this morning. Looks like today will be cooler than yesterday although the warm up was supposed to start today. Forecasts don't always go right.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It was a slow burnoff this morning. Tomorrow fog could be more dense. The sun is more than halfway to the Tropic of Capricorn.

[Thunder98]

I want it to rain and be cold! 

[Thunder98]

Erratic vs Consistent Precip patterns? Which one would you prefer to have?

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Today is the 3rd day out of 21 that solar noon is at 1934 UTC in Lake Forest. Earliest solar noon is on November 3, about 29 seconds earlier than today. By December 21, it's getting about 30 seconds later each day. That's why our darkest evenings are before the Winter Solstice.

 

Weather has been beautiful, but boring lately.

[Guest happ]

It should be around 40 degrees warmer at Dodger stadium tomorrow evening compared to Boston last night; not that it will make any difference  

 

83/ 59

[Guest happ]

 

Erratic vs Consistent Precip patterns? Which one would you prefer to have?

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Highly recommend spending time/ living in the upper MidWest/ Great Lakes region, if you can.  Some of my best weather memories was when I attended college living in a Lake Michigan snow belt.

[Anti Marine Layer]

By tomorrow morning's sunrise in California, Longyearbyen will have had its final sunrise and sunset of 2018. The sun will not return until after Valentine's Day next year. However, there's 4 months of the year there where the sun is up 24 hours a day.

 

Hallmark Channel also begins their Countdown to Christmas tomorrow, which is way too early. Not even Halloween yet.

[Anti Marine Layer]

No fog here this morning. Should be a hot day today, but nothing like last year at this time.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's the 25th anniversary of the Laguna Beach Fire today. I remember the black smoke that seemed to suddenly appear that morning in school in San Juan Capistrano. That night from Lake Forest, the western sky was glowing. Someone said it was headed our way and I didn't sleep well that night. Good thing they got it under control the next day.

 

Today looks to be hot without the infamous Santa Ana Winds, but it looks like we could have some next week.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hmm, looks like we don't have Happ anymore. I'm guessing politics must've got out of hand. So it will be mainly me posting here.

 

There is definitely a sharp temperature contrast between the coast and inland today.

[Dan the Weatherman]

It's the 25th anniversary of the Laguna Beach Fire today. I remember the black smoke that seemed to suddenly appear that morning in school in San Juan Capistrano. That night from Lake Forest, the western sky was glowing. Someone said it was headed our way and I didn't sleep well that night. Good thing they got it under control the next day.

 

Today looks to be hot without the infamous Santa Ana Winds, but it looks like we could have some next week.

 

I remember the Laguna Beach fire. I was in college at the time, and after one of my classes I went up to the top floor of one of the buildings on campus and could see either the glow or the smoke, or both. 

 

It appears that we are in for some Santa Ana winds next week, and hopefully we don't have anything like the Laguna Beach fire at that time.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The fog is dense here this morning. Most of the beaches remained cloudy yesterday. Could be the same today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fog is slow to burn off in some spots. It took until about 9 AM here. Cirrus are clouding up the visible satellite image.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fog was really dense this morning. Hopefully a deeper marine layer tomorrow morning so we don't see the dense fog again.