2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fog paid us a visit this morning. 

[Reg]

Guys I don't want to be constantly reminded of days getting longer again, please. Dark, cold days forever please

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still school today

[Anti Marine Layer]

Foggy at the beaches 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Merry Christmas Eve Eve

[Anti Marine Layer]

3 hours ago, Reg said:

Guys I don't want to be constantly reminded of days getting longer again, please. Dark, cold days forever please

In a few weeks sunset will be later than 5 pm. Imagine the horror. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Low 70s today. Nice afternoon. 

[Dan the Weatherman]

On 12/20/2022 at 9:19 AM, Mr Marine Layer said:

As usual, the lack of activity is not unusual

There simply hasn't been much to discuss with this boring pattern as of late. I think next week may be a different story, though.

Edited December 24, 2022 by Dan the Weatherman

[Dan the Weatherman]

On 12/21/2022 at 10:08 PM, Mr Marine Layer said:

Summer Solstice vs Winter Solstice Solar Noon

 

That just goes to show how much lower in the sky the sun is in late fall / early winter as opposed to late spring / early summer.

[Dan the Weatherman]

10 hours ago, Reg said:

While nothing compared to decades ago in Los Angeles, smog and general air pollution are still a serious issue as noted by the Environmental Protection Agency as well as local Southern California air quality monitoring boards even today. Still rated as among the worst air quality in the US consistently in 2022, along with Bakersfield and Fresno. I took these pictures in Downtown Los Angeles, from Los Angeles City Hall specifically, in September 2011. The poor air quality was quite noticeable that day.

 

I do think the air quality is better now than it was in the past here in Socal, but we can still get pretty smoggy at times when the air is very stagnant. It has been somewhat smoggy the last couple of days here in Orange, but not quite as bad as what you posted from September, 2011.

[Dan the Weatherman]

3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Merry Christmas Eve Eve

Happy Festivus!!

[Anti Marine Layer]

[Thunder98]

On 12/21/2022 at 10:08 PM, Mr Marine Layer said:

Summer Solstice vs Winter Solstice Solar Noon

 

You should take a shadow picture during the spring equinox 

[SpaceRace22]

I hate this god forsaken state.

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's Christmas Eve and there's a gardener across the street making horrendous noises with a horrific leaf blower.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Tule fog is sticking around the Central Valley again. Rudolph will be needed there.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Sunset tonight is a full 6 minutes later than on December 4, which was the earliest.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Rudolph also needed at the San Diego coast tonight. 

[Reg]

Much warmer tonight.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Merry Christmas. Enjoy or despise our tropical temperatures today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Smells a bit smoky.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Funnel cloud

[Thunder98]

Very warm Christmas 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Tis the season for Tule fog.

[Anti Marine Layer]

What if the sun set at 4:48 PM in July?

[Thunder98]

80F today

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Thunder98 said:

80F today

Mele Kalikimaka

[Reg]

Temperature reached/exceeded 80F here yesterday (Christmas) for the first time since October 31st. High was 82F.

[Dan the Weatherman]

15 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Smells a bit smoky.

It was smelling a bit smoky here in Orange a little while ago, but it seems to have subsided. It was probably a backyard fire pit or a fireplace as I don't think there are any brush fires of any sort burning tonight.

[Dan the Weatherman]

1 hour ago, Reg said:

Temperature reached/exceeded 80F here yesterday (Christmas) for the first time since October 31st. High was 82F.

Unseasonable warmth this time of year during a drought is much more enjoyable when knowing there is a pattern change around the corner that is forecast to bring rain to the area, as opposed to an endless dry spell with no rain in sight.

[Reg]

On 12/23/2022 at 5:50 PM, Dan the Weatherman said:

I do think the air quality is better now than it was in the past here in Socal, but we can still get pretty smoggy at times when the air is very stagnant. It has been somewhat smoggy the last couple of days here in Orange, but not quite as bad as what you posted from September, 2011.

Oh absolutely. The Clean Air Act was passed in 1970 and the greatest strides in air quality improvement in Los Angeles were made between 1970 and 1990. The situation with air quality has remained largely unchanged since roughly 1990 (due to a wide array of limiting reasons), however, and so we still see these kind of days. Just not the "Smog Alert, stay indoors or shelter in place" kind of days of old like when my parents were kids.

Here is a screenshot from an episode of "CHiPs" (which ran from 1977 to 1983) in Los Angeles. This was an early episode, shot around 1977 or 1978, on the then-brand-new Interstate 210 freeway near Sun Valley on a particularly smoggy day. San Gabriel Mountains barely visible in the background:

Also: I own a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 sedan that was assembled in South Gate, Los Angeles in March 1978. I love old American cars just much as any other American so don't get the wrong idea. I found the original General Motors shipping invoice when I was cleaning up the car under its carpets when I bought it from the original elderly couple in 2017. Parts manufactured in Detroit in 1977, assembled in Los Angeles in early 1978 and sold at a dealership along Ventura Blvd on March 11 1978. I have all parts numbers and serial numbers. Replaced the radiator and hoses myself. Turns out my black grandfather worked at the plant at the time in the 70s. Small world.

[Anti Marine Layer]

High clouds are on the move.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Warm and cloudy

[Anti Marine Layer]

KFAT is foggy.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Visibility is as good as it gets here and yet we still have an air quality alert. Probably some new leftist law.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Clouding up again.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Another warm one today

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Sacramento should warm up overnight as the Tule fog is a goner.

[snow_wizard]

16 hours ago, Reg said:

Oh absolutely. The Clean Air Act was passed in 1970 and the greatest strides in air quality improvement in Los Angeles were made between 1970 and 1990. The situation with air quality has remained largely unchanged since roughly 1990 (due to a wide array of limiting reasons), however, and so we still see these kind of days. Just not the "Smog Alert, stay indoors or shelter in place" kind of days of old like when my parents were kids.

Here is a screenshot from an episode of "CHiPs" (which ran from 1977 to 1983) in Los Angeles. This was an early episode, shot around 1977 or 1978, on the then-brand-new Interstate 210 freeway near Sun Valley on a particularly smoggy day. San Gabriel Mountains barely visible in the background:

Also: I own a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 sedan that was assembled in South Gate, Los Angeles in March 1978. I love old American cars just much as any other American so don't get the wrong idea. I found the original General Motors shipping invoice when I was cleaning up the car under its carpets when I bought it from the original elderly couple in 2017. Parts manufactured in Detroit in 1977, assembled in Los Angeles in early 1978 and sold at a dealership along Ventura Blvd on March 11 1978. I have all parts numbers and serial numbers. Replaced the radiator and hoses myself. Turns out my black grandfather worked at the plant at the time in the 70s. Small world.

Blast from the past right there!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Rain has warmed things up in Sacramento as expected.