2020 - 2021 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

Now comes the convective stuff.

[Anti Marine Layer]

10 hours ago, FAR_Weather said:

1" so far here in Riverside.

Are you there for Christmas?

[NorCal55]

On 12/21/2021 at 11:44 AM, Thunder98 said:

NYE looks very cold at night.

Can you share some updated maps of this? 

[Thunder98]

Storm total is 1.74”.

[AquariusRadar]

Those pictures at Frazier Mountain web site are disappointing. Here is what Pinos should look like. Wkipedia says that there was a ski area on the north ridge with a rope tow line in the 1960's. I don't remember that. Just a teenager then so remembering stuff just carried right along to old age.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Got another heavy rain shower. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, AquariusRadar said:

Those pictures at Frazier Mountain web site are disappointing. Here is what Pinos should look like. Wkipedia says that there was a ski area on the north ridge with a rope tow line in the 1960's. I don't remember that. Just a teenager then so remembering stuff just carried right along to old age.

 

Snow levels were too high with the AR

[Pn1ct0g3n]

We got a good soaking here. If this map is accurate, 1.74” for LAX

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/precipMaps.php?group=la&img=3

[Reg]

Rained a lot overnight, but grand total so far is still under the 2" mark (1.72" for me in Murrieta). Rain stopped around 8 AM this morning, but lingering moisture over the Santa Ana Mountains just drifted over us right now and rain has started again. Probably won't last long though. Lot of wind right now.

[Anti Marine Layer]

34 minutes ago, Reg said:

Rained a lot overnight, but grand total so far is still under the 2" mark (1.72" for me in Murrieta). Rain stopped around 8 AM this morning, but lingering moisture over the Santa Ana Mountains just drifted over us right now and rain has started again. Probably won't last long though. Lot of wind right now.

You should be very close to your totals for last year now.

[Reg]

1 hour ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

You should be very close to your totals for last year now.

Almost, sitting at 5.21" now. Likely that'll exceed last year's total by the end of tomorrow.

The shower earlier ended after a few minutes, adding 0.01" (although it definitely seemed like more, totals are likely of by at least a few hundredths due to the wind which I'll adjust later via manual rain gauge).

[Anti Marine Layer]

Nice rainbow this afternoon. 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Equation of Time goes negative today. That will make solar noon later than 12:00 at Greenwich.

[Reg]

Compared manual rain gauge total with my Davis gauge - difference of 0.10" (1.73" over two days on the Davis gauge versus 1.83" over the same period on the manual gauge). Adding the extra 0.10" to December 24's total after analyzing the wind+rain effect at my station, almost all of which occurred after midnight and is consistent with nearby rain gauge readings. 12/23: 0.87" | 12/24: 0.96"

[Reg]

3 AM and a random shower just started here, not showing up on doppler radar. 0.01" so far, doubt it'll last.

[Reg]

Light showers still coming through on and off. 0.03" since midnight.

[Thunder98]

Had some more showers yesterday. Final storm total is now 1.80”.

Merry Christmas!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Well it's raining again. Merry Christmas. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looks like light rain all day. Have we moved to Seattle? 

[Anti Marine Layer]

We should not be getting marine layer storms in December.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Whatever happened to the scattered showers?

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's raining, but no one's talking

Gimme a B

Gimme an O

Gimme a R

Gimme an I

Gimme a N

Gimme a G

What have you got? A weather forum with way too few California members.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Merry Wetmas. My sister encountered a pretty good shower on the way here, somewhere over downtown LA.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Some clouds leaking into the Coachella Valley now.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Ironically it's looking very June like

[Thunder98]

Breezy southerly winds this afternoon. Storm is coming.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Death to the inversion 

[Anti Marine Layer]

54 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

Breezy southerly winds this afternoon. Storm is coming.

Eddy?

[Anti Marine Layer]

Rain finally stopped for a while, but it looks like more is coming soon.

[Thunder98]

Clouds looking ominous in the Santa Maria area.

 

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

43 down, 2 to go for sunsets earlier than 4:50 PM.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Will the Rose Parade get rained on this year (if it's not canceled by COVID)?

[Anti Marine Layer]

Someone forgot to turn off their sprinklers, despite all the rain.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here comes the heavy rain again and it's not the cold front yet.

[Reg]

We've had the occasional shower today, usually once every couple of hours or so, enough to keep things wet outside. 0.10" so far today, looks like the actual storm is entering San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties now.

Season total just hit 5.41", exceeding last year's entire season total for me.

[Thunder98]

Steady heavy rain in the Santa Maria area. An even heavier band is right on my doorstep.

[Thunder98]

So far at 0.47” in the last few hours. This storm is definitely packing a punch.

[Reg]

Storm entering Kern and Ventura counties now.

[Reg]

Rain starting back up here again. 0.12"

[Thunder98]

At this moment I’m at 4.96” for month. This is wettest month since Feb 2019, which recieved 5.22” and we have more rain coming this week and tonight! Once I beat the Feb 2019 benchmark, this month will be the wettest month since Feb 2017!