2020/2021 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

Looks like the winds are starting to change direction.

[Reg 265]

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

[Reg 265]

Clear skies today.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

1 hour ago, Reg said:

Clear skies today.

Some high clouds now moving in.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Reg 265]

0.01" here from light rain earlier.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

Warmup is coming.

[Reg 265]

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 1427]

Warmest day of the month so far.

[Reg 265]

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 1427]

First hot spring day today.

[Reg 265]

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 1427]

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 265]

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 265]

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

[Reg 265]

March was 0.3 F degrees cooler than February here.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

Got a few sprinkles here earlier.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

Looks like the beaches will stay cloudy today.

[Reg 265]

85F here today, slightly warmer than yesterday.

[Reg 265]

Graph update for my weather station:

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

Low clouds played hooky this morning. Happy Easter.

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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 500]

The weather is super boring. 

[Reg 265]

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

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Reg 265]

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

[Mr Marine Layer 1427]

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

[Reg 265]

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 1427]

It's quite gloomy here this morning.

[Reg 265]

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 1427]

Finally burned off around 2 PM

[Reg 265]

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