2020/2021 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Still civil twilight at 5:40.

[Reg 282]

Wind is keeping temperatures much warmer here this evening. Only 71F at 6:30 PM compared to 59F at the same time yesterday.

 

I wonder why we had wind Wednesday and today, but none yesterday.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Marine layer should deepen rapidly on Sunday, but may not have much time to become solid before the inversion is wiped out. So it should be unlike last Sunday.

[Reg 282]

Temps did end up cooling down here, although it took a while.

 

Still very warm in Simi Valley and higher elevations, winds still blowing there.

[Thunder98 502]

I'm checking the nws forecasts for the entire California coastal areas for Sunday and it shows that the worst of the winds will be in the Santa Maria and Lompoc area with wind gusts up to 55 mph.

 

 

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

It's quite warm today.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Almost 5 PM and still very warm.

 

Today is the same amount of daylight as last November 10, except sunrise and sunset are half an hour later.

[Reg 282]

Warm today, 83F at my house.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Massive drop in temperatures on the way.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Looks like the eddy has spun up with some clouds trying to push inland.

[Reg 282]

Twenty degrees cooler today than yesterday.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Low clouds are trying to push inland. Downtown L.A. did get to 71 today, however, ensuring at least 2 days in February that were 70 or higher.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Got cloudy pretty quickly here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Cold offshore flow tomorrow. Annoying, but better than damp and overcast with 0.01" of non-beneficial rain.

[Reg 282]

Cold and windy this evening. Not really seeing much on radar for us.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

It has started to drizzle here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Still drizzling. Nothing measurable is likely to fall.

[Reg 282]

I was surprised to see the ground wet outside just now. Nothing on radar, but at least now I get to mark Trace for today's precipitation.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Marine layer has deepened to at least 5000 ft in a hurry, but it should all get swept back out to sea later tonight as the offshore flow develops. Still, would not be surprised if some low clouds remain at sunrise.

[Reg 282]

Just started raining here, 0.03" in the last 10 minutes.

[Reg 282]

0.07" now, the rain has stopped.

[Reg 282]

Cold and windy today, 0.07" total.

[Reg 282]

Interesting watching the temperature plummet around 4 AM right when the rain started.

 

 

Also, next couple of nights are predicted to be the coldest of the winter so far:

 

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Sun reaches above 40 degrees above the horizon at midday tomorrow for what it's worth.

 

Felt pretty nice outside around 3 PM today, but now it's cold.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Wind blowing quite strongly here. Cold Santa Ana winds suck.

[Reg 282]

Wind blowing quite strongly here. Cold Santa Ana winds suck.

 

I prefer them over warm Santa Ana winds. At least it can cool down at night, unlike during the warmer events.

 

Winds stopped blowing here abruptly at 7 PM.

[Reg 282]

It got down to 38F at 1 AM here, but then the winds kicked up again and the temp went up to 42F ever since. Don't think we'll be hitting that projected low of 29F this morning after all.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

It was windy all night here.

[Thunder98 502]

The temps fell down to 27F which was one degree colder than expected and the coldest temp since December 2016!

[Reg 282]

Winds messed up the low temperatures overnight here, not nearly as cold as expected.

[Reg 282]

The wind has been so noisy today that I can't hear a movie I'm trying to watch at full volume. My location is not typically prone to winds, this has been the windiest last couple of weeks here in a long time.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Wind is supposed to die down tonight. Hopefully it does.

[Reg 282]

Wind is supposed to die down tonight. Hopefully it does.

 

If it does, it should get much colder tonight.

 

I had to drive over to Perris this afternoon, and my car was getting whipped around by strong crosswinds on the 215 freeway.

[Reg 282]

No wind to speak of tonight, thankfully. Which has allowed the temperature to consistently plummet since yesterday evening.

 

29.8F and still falling.

[Reg 282]

Got down to 28.3 F this morning. Not as low as it looked like it was going to drop, but still quite cold.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

We're about halfway through the astronomical winter now.

[Reg 282]

Something to look forward to next week?

 

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Boring weather continues. Maybe a small storm Sunday-Monday.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Same amount of daylight as November 3 today, the date of the earliest solar noon and the first day of standard time. Everything is shifted about 30 minutes later today, however, with the latest solar noon coming next Tuesday.

 

Much nicer to have the light in the afternoon than the morning.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Marine layer is deepening ahead of tomorrow's cold storm.

[Reg 282]

Marine layer is deepening ahead of tomorrow's cold storm.

 

I wasn't expecting to see dense fog when I got out of work just an hour ago here. Slightly drizzling, too.

[Reg 282]

Foggy and windy throughout the whole night here. Don't see that often.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Not windy or foggy here but lots of heavy drizzle or light rain.

 

Should be more interesting tomorrow as they expect offshore flow to develop overnight, but a chance of showers to continue.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Another pathetic "storm" today as most of the rain has been stratiform.

[Reg 282]

0.16" so far here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Raining pretty hard now, despite offshore flow developing.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Low clouds broke over the mountains into the desert this afternoon.

[Reg 282]

Still a stray shower or two passing through. 0.28" yesterday and 0.01" since midnight.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

Lots of cold wind today, but the rain seems to have ended here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1429]

It was windy today. 2020 is off to a dry start.