2019 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still raining. Looks like June Gloom, but instead it's a warm monsoon.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Raining for at least an hour and a half now. 0.04" for Foothill Ranch and 0.03" for John Wayne Airport.

[Reg]

Cloudy all day so far. Not as hot.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hot and humid again today. More annoying is the lack of any breeze which is allowing tiny little flies to buzz around all over the place.

[Reg]

Clear skies for right now for the first time in a while.

[Anti Marine Layer]

59 F and cloudy in Lima, Peru now with a forecast high of 63 F for those who are missing our marine layer.

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There were a few patchy low clouds this morning, but they had little to no cooling effect.

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Back to low 70s in the morning under the marine layer in San Diego. Sea surface temperatures must have warmed up some with our heat wave.

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There was an office park in Orange that my dad used to work at a long time ago when I was a kid living in Orange. It was a really nice place with lots of trees and water, and we would go for walks there pretty often on weekends before I moved to Lake Forest in 1990. As a kid I called it the Brown House because at that time all the buildings were painted brown. They later made them tan, which was not as nice, but still it was a beautiful place. Last December I went to see it for the first time in a long time as it brought back memories. Little did I know, this was the last time I'd ever see it, because today it's gone.

 

Pictures below from December 27, 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

The last picture shows that the tenants are starting to move things out. There were lots of offices here, which means lots of people had to move to new offices.

 

They are going to replace the whole thing with some new apartments. They have already demolished it and it's just a pile of dirt now surrounded by a black construction fence.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still humid today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cooled down nicely this evening. Looks like some high clouds from thunderstorms in Mexico have migrated our way.

[Anti Marine Layer]

There were some low clouds this morning and the big hole in tbe low clouds over the ocean has filled in. Morning was nice and cool, but it is still pretty hot now.

[Reg]

Some high clouds, but not as hot as the past few days.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cooler evening. Marine layer is back in business. There were lots of low clouds at the beach.

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Low clouds are thicker than they've been in quite a while this morning. Burnoff could be rather slow for this time of year.

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I think I may have felt a drop or two of drizzle while waiting for the bus.

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14 C inversion strength this morning. Pretty intense for this time of year.

[Anti Marine Layer]

ZZZZZ

[Reg]

Much cooler today. At 1 PM it was only 90F here, amazing by late-July standards. Usually it's closer to or above 100F.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looking more like June than the last day of July again this morning, but that should mean pleasant afternoon temperatures.

[Reg]

Just another regular monthly update:

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Gloomy again to start the new day and new month. Fogust.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hot today after the June-like start.

[Reg]

101F here today, during which I had to be outside doing an hour-long series of Physical Fitness exercises.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Dense fog this morning.

[Reg]

No fog here. Clear skies, in fact.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Another hot afternoon, but I miss the monsoonal moisture.

[Reg]

Sudden high clouds this afternoon.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Foggy here again this morning.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Inversion must be very strong again. Low clouds are slow to burn off.

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San Diego 72 F. How's that for a heat wave?

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It got sort of cloudy for a while here with high clouds. That helped things to cool off a bit.

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3rd straight morning of dense fog here. That's about as unusual as 3 mornings in a row with drizzle. Of course it will burn off and get hot, but near the coast should stay pleasant.

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Got hot quickly once the fog burned off.

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Marine layer has its favorite inland hangout spots which are up the Northern California coast from Eureka to Crescent City, the curved shoreline of Monterey Bay, where it usually comes into Salinas early each afternoon, the curved coast near the Los Angeles Airport sometimes, and an area just south of the border where the shoreline is a little crooked. These must be areas with not many hills near the shoreline to reduce the sea breeze. In Orange County the shoreline is rather steep making the waves a little bigger and the water a little rougher than much of San Diego County.

 

What else is there to say about this boring weather pattern, where we only had one true week of monsoonal weather west of the mountains so far this summer? While inland has been hot, the persistent trough off the PNW coast is probably keeping the beaches foggy this year and the monsoonal moisture mostly out of our area.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Low clouds burned off faster this morning and it was not as foggy.

[Reg]

Warmer today, 104F earlier. Fifth consecutive 100F+ day here.

 

Can we fast-forward to November please

[Anti Marine Layer]

Warmer today, 104F earlier. Fifth consecutive 100F+ day here.

 

Can we fast-forward to November please

Palm Springs was 121 F.

[Reg]

Palm Springs was 121 F.

 

A record there too, beating their previous record of 120F in 1969.

 

Chance of dry lightning tonight as well, according to NWS.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hot here but moderated by the marine layer. No high clouds this afternoon.