2020 - 2021 California and Southwest Weather Discussion Thread

[Thunder98]

4 minutes ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

Did the Paso Robles weather station break?

Yep, this morning it went offline.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's cooling down quickly here this evening. 

[Thunder98]

 

The sky is looking very tropical this morning with the convective altocumulus. Very similar to August 15th, 2020.

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Just heard some thunder. 

[Thunder98]

5 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Just heard some thunder. 

I hope that comes over here.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

My sister in La Crescenta is getting heavy rain and lightning. I’d love to have a bit of that sent my way!

[Thunder98]

2 hours ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

My sister in La Crescenta is getting heavy rain and lightning. I’d love to have a bit of that sent my way!

Did you heve any rain or tstorms?

[Pn1ct0g3n]

nope. The sea breeze kicked in hard and I think I see fog.

Things began to look promising around mid morning but the stable ocean air almost always wins here.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Many coastal cities below 70 now. There’s heatwave fog in the vicinity, which we somehow managed to avoid up until now. There was an abrupt shift in the wind from mostly S to WSW before it showed up.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Got a few raindrops this morning. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Significantly cooler in the SoCal coastal areas today as the marine layer suddenly returned; even the more interior ones like Anaheim or Downtown LA stayed in the low to mid 80s. Valleys were in the 90s, down from 100s earlier in the heatwave. Very reminiscent of a typical July or August afternoon—just way earlier in the year than usual.

[Thunder98]

Temperatures holding very steady today at 81/82 with only a light breeze for once.

 

[Thunder98]

Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County highs today.

Santa Maria: 83F
Santa Barbara (Airport): 70F
Paso Robles: 109F
San Luis Obispo: 92F
Morro Bay: 70F (Almost a 30F drop from yesterday!)
Santa Ynez: 99F
Lompoc: 77F
VSFB: 76F

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Picture of this morning's storm clouds.

[Reg]

Warmer today here than yesterday, with a high of 100F compared to yesterday’s 97F. Nothing else happened, however, here inland there were actually less clouds than yesterday.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Only 75 for a high here since the marine layer made a sudden return and actually stuck around. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Light sprinkles coming down here!

[Reg]

Woke up early to large rain drops falling here, but not measurable (yet).

[Anti Marine Layer]

Low clouds have returned this morning and are blocking the view of any monsoonal moisture unlike yesterday morning. A southerly surge is headed up the Central Coast.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Heat wave over outside the deserts. The Pacific has put down the rebellion. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Burnoff was pretty quick here. Nice view of the higher clouds now.

[Thunder98]

Quite a bit cooler today, only in the mid 70's right now.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Hot week and light winds have added a couple degrees to our water temps. Still nowhere near record-challenging but should be warm enough to keep us from snapping back to a June Gloom pattern.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

But not warm enough to prevent the dreaded Sepulveda Wall.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Low clouds have stuck to the San Diego coast today.

Also there seems to be a fire near the Monterey Bay Area.

[Thunder98]

High of 76F today. The marine layer is likely coming back here tonight. 

[Thunder98]

Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County highs today.

Santa Maria: 76F
Santa Barbara (Airport): 69F
Paso Robles: 98F
San Luis Obispo: 82F
Morro Bay: 62F 
Santa Ynez: 95F
Lompoc: 77F
VSFB: 64F

[Pn1ct0g3n]

2 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Low clouds have stuck to the San Diego coast today.

Also there seems to be a fire near the Monterey Bay Area.

We got sunshine here from about 10:30am but they rolled back in around 1pm and never let go of the first mile from the coast.

[Reg]

Not as hot today, only 96F here.

[AquariusRadar]

Reg gave my post about aquariusradar a "rain" emoji. I'm not sure if that's good or bad not being familiar with the meaning of the forum emojis. I'll think of it as good as the post did gather at least one opinion.

The more familiar aqueduct idea for a California- Western states water source is a big question mark for everyone because of the cost. Most everyone agrees the aqueduct is an answer if cost is not in the equation. The rivers of the Gulf coast are in flood from a marine cyclone blowing ashore today---several million acre feet will flow to the Gulf of Mexico. All of these rivers cross the I10 on their way to the Gulf. An aqueduct along I10 would be expensive to build and operate. But the route is through some of the largest renewable energy fields of the country. Wind and solar power is becoming increasingly cheap and Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California are loaded up with lots of that renewable power. The ancient civilizations built long aqueducts. We can do that as well.

Folks in the desert southwest need to start building now before the taps run dry forever. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

The inversion is very strong today. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

57 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

The inversion is very strong today. 

Yup, no clear out here and the sea breeze was well underway by 9am.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Low clouds still extended about 4-5 miles inland at noon here. Yesterday, they only penetrated a few blocks.

[Reg]

4 hours ago, AquariusRadar said:

Reg gave my post about aquariusradar a "rain" emoji. I'm not sure if that's good or bad not being familiar with the meaning of the forum emojis. I'll think of it as good as the post did gather at least one opinion.

The more familiar aqueduct idea for a California- Western states water source is a big question mark for everyone because of the cost. Most everyone agrees the aqueduct is an answer if cost is not in the equation. The rivers of the Gulf coast are in flood from a marine cyclone blowing ashore today---several million acre feet will flow to the Gulf of Mexico. All of these rivers cross the I10 on their way to the Gulf. An aqueduct along I10 would be expensive to build and operate. But the route is through some of the largest renewable energy fields of the country. Wind and solar power is becoming increasingly cheap and Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California are loaded up with lots of that renewable power. The ancient civilizations built long aqueducts. We can do that as well.

Folks in the desert southwest need to start building now before the taps run dry forever. 

The rain emoji was a good thing, yes. I think people around here tend to shy away from the more political topics like that (at least outside of the Off Topic section) but I did read your post and wanted to give a neutral acknowledgement that I did. We do have a few aqueducts here in California, running north-south giving us water from the Owens Valley, other parts of the Sierra Nevada and northern California as well (near Mount Shasta). Two aqueducts pass right through the Temecula Valley where I am, both of them underground and parallel to each other. 

Cooler today, at least by a little. I just drove back up from San Diego and had my window down the whole time, it was cool and breezy down there but warmed up around Escondido and northwards.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Unless the clouds mix out randomly, we’re not gonna reach 70 today here in MB.

[Anti Marine Layer]

2003 had the worst June Gloom ever

06/01/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   77 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/02/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   72 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/03/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   69 /  61 /     T /
06/04/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   75 /  61 /  0.00 /
06/05/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   68 /  62 /     T /
06/06/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   70 /  61 /  0.01 /
06/07/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   72 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/08/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   69 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/09/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   67 /  61 /     T /
06/10/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   72 /  59 /     T /
06/11/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   74 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/12/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   73 /  59 /  0.00 /
06/13/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   77 /  61 /  0.00 /
06/14/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   80 /  58 /  0.00 /
06/15/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   78 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/16/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   75 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/17/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   76 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/18/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   73 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/19/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   68 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/20/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   68 /  60 /  0.00 /
06/21/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   68 /  61 /     T /
06/22/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   67 /  62 /     T /
06/23/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   72 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/24/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   75 /  62 /  0.00 /
06/25/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   84 /  58 /  0.00 /
06/26/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   88 /  61 /  0.00 /
06/27/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   82 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/28/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   77 /  63 /  0.00 /
06/29/03  FUL  :      FULLERTON AIRPORT   96 :   84 /  62 /  0.00 /

 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Some partial clearing finally around 3pm.

[Thunder98]

Yucky morning on the coast today.

 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Looks like a pretty typical June gloom pattern.

[Jesse]

1 hour ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

Looks like a pretty typical June gloom pattern.

Blech. Was really hoping we could get some horrific wildfires going down there sooner rather than later. Bring back the heat!!