2020/2021 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Low clouds have returned for the 1st day of spring.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Clouds cleared out nicely this afternoon. Not too windy either.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Looks like the winds are starting to change direction.

[Reg 283]

Weather couldn't decide whether it wanted to be cloudy or sunny today.

[Reg 283]

Clear skies today.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

1 hour ago, Reg said:

Clear skies today.

Some high clouds now moving in.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Cloudy and MUCH cooler than yesterday. I know some people are relishing it.

[Reg 283]

0.01" here from light rain earlier.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Warmup is coming.

[Reg 283]

March is currently running about four full degrees cooler than normal here, although the next few days' warming will narrow that somewhat.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Warmest day of the month so far.

[Reg 283]

I had to travel to a place near El Centro in the Imperial Valley yesterday, it was quite warm out there. Very windy as offshore flow kicked in, temps in the low 80s.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

First hot spring day today.

[Reg 283]

89F here today, warmest temperature of the year so far. Might have to turn on my AC for an hour this evening to keep my room cool for the first time since October.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Hills are nice and green from the rain we got earlier, but they probably won't stay that way too long. Still reached the 80s today.

 

[Reg 283]

15 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Hills are nice and green from the rain we got earlier, but they probably won't stay that way too long. Still reached the 80s today.

Traveling around SoCal lately it's interesting to see which areas greened and which ones didn't - it seems areas around San Diego County, parts of Orange County, and parts of southwestern Riverside County managed to get some green in the hills recently but my area, and pretty much everywhere to the north and east of here, are still golden brown and never turned green at all this winter/spring.

[Reg 283]

Sna Diego broke their old daily record high of 84F for March 31 today (set in 1945). San Diego reached 88F today.

[Reg 283]

March was 0.3 F degrees cooler than February here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Got a few sprinkles here earlier.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Looks like the beaches will stay cloudy today.

[Reg 283]

85F here today, slightly warmer than yesterday.

[Reg 283]

Graph update for my weather station:

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Low clouds played hooky this morning. Happy Easter.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Cooler day today, but it's been a nice start to the spring so far.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Last year at this time we were getting a lot of rain from a cutoff low.

This year there is not much to be excited about.

[Thunder98 502]

The weather is super boring. 

[Reg 283]

It was briefly completely overcast here this afternoon, for a couple of hours. High clouds have since disappeared almost entirely.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Starting out sunny this morning, despite the stronger onshore flow.

[Reg 283]

Sunnier than yesterday, yet only 80F here compared to yesterday's 86F.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Lots of high clouds today. A cooling trend is coming.

[Reg 283]

Looks like our several weeks-long warm spell is about to finally end, at least for a little while.

"July-June format" update for my weather station:

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

It's quite gloomy here this morning.

[Reg 283]

3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

It's quite gloomy here this morning.

Same here. Fog still hasn't quite lifted. We might in for our coolest days in about three weeks.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Finally burned off around 2 PM

[Reg 283]

Gloomy and drizzle (not measurable) here this morning. A very pleasant sight.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Pretty classic May Gray day today. What else to say?

[Dan the Weatherman 393]

I actually received some heavy drizzle / light rain here in Orange earlier tonight.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

More sun today, but not much warmer temperatures.

[Reg 283]

Never had any measureable precip here but at least I was able to mark "Trace" for yesterday, as it did drizzle briefly at my house.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Somewhat warmer today, but still cool for a sunny day in April.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Rather strange low cloud pattern this morning.

[Reg 283]

Didn't take long for us to go right back to warm temps. My last measurable precipitation was 0.01" on March 26th.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

There were plenty of cumulus clouds today, even over the desert, which was quite unexpected.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Santa Ana Winds have been blowing much of the day today.

[Reg 283]

Warm temperatures lasting a lot longer than usual today, and it's not really cooling down even after the sun has set.

[Reg 283]

90F here right now, first time so far this year.

[Reg 283]

Temperature has plateaued at 90F here for the past several hours. Not nearly as windy as yesterday. Beautiful day outside, but still very warm. Looks like we're going to cool down again in a couple of days.

[Reg 283]

Despite topping out with a higher high temperature today (91F) than yesterday (83F), it is already cooling down much more quickly this evening than yesterday evening.

[Reg 283]

Not nearly as warm today, and breezier. 13 degrees cooler than it was during this time yesterday.

[Mr Marine Layer 1431]

Much cooler here today even without the low clouds pushing in earlier than usual.