2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread

[Mr Marine Layer]

20 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

May Grey in August?

Hope not, but some models show a very deep trough around August 14 or 15.

[Reg]

Sea surface temperatures seem to have warmed a bit off SoCal's coast, keeping nighttime temperatures up with it.

[Mr Marine Layer]

There could be some elevated convection tonight.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

10 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Hope not, but some models show a very deep trough around August 14 or 15.

That’s far enough out that I hope it doesn’t come to pass. It could torpedo SSTs for the rest of the summer.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Next several days are looking fairly run of the mill for early August.

[Dan the Weatherman]

On 7/31/2022 at 12:58 PM, Reg said:

Orange County getting hit quite a lot this morning. Santiago Peak looking west.

All that action totally missed my area here in Orange as it didn't rain at all here. I hope my area gets something over the next several days when the monsoon flow ramps up once again!

[Reg]

Saw a lot of virga over Temecula this evening.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Low clouds are back.

[Thunder98]

Lots of monsoonal clouds this morning after the marine layer burned off.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

When the summer warms up here, the fleas come with it. They live off our neighbors’ dogs, but spill over into our yard and pathway as well. I’m covered in bites, mostly on my legs.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

SSTs are down slightly at coasts north of PV, but this weekend might prop them back up.

[Reg]

Low was 69F again, for the third night in a row. Extensive cloud cover is keeping temperatures down today so far, however.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Already starting to feel more humid. 

[Reg]

Blue sky is no where to be seen. Fully cloudy here now. Looks like rain east of here.

[Reg]

A dark sheet of rain just engulfed Palomar Mountain from my POV in the Temecula Valley. High Point camera up there seems to confirm this. Some poor guy picked a bad day to drive up there. Hope they found shelter.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Getting cloudy.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Mid level clouds back big time! They’ve shaved a few degrees off inland temps, which should please Reg. 
 

Watch out for potential dry lightning if you’re hiking!

[Reg]

Temp was 95F for an hour and then began tanking. 86F now while humidity is increasingly sharply. Doppler radar shows rain right on the eastern edge of the valley right now.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

It’s dropped quite a bit about 5° in the last hour or so, here as well 

[Thunder98]

warmer than expected today

[Mr Marine Layer]

Still lots of clouds but no rain.

[Thunder98]

High was 81F today, 7 degrees warmer than the forecast high of 74F

[Mr Marine Layer]

Sunset was nice, but not spectacular. 

[Mr Marine Layer]

Cloudy out there and it's hard to tell if it's a low marine layer, higher monsoonal moisture or both.

[Reg]

3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Sunset was nice, but not spectacular. 

It was too cloudy here inland to add any color to our sunset.

[Reg]

2 AM and just started lightly raining here. Not enough to measure at my location yet but Temecula already registered 0.01" just south of me. Streets are wet outside. Glad I stayed up late tonight.

[Reg]

0.01" for me right now, 0.05" in Temecula. Still quite a bit of yellow over us on doppler radar but I feel like much of that isn't reaching the ground at this time. I do have to sleep now but will update in the morning.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Rained a bit last night, but nothing spectacular. 

[Mr Marine Layer]

Kids have 10 days of freedom left here.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Most of the monsoonal clouds are gone now.

[Reg]

Ended up with 0.03"

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Still some hanging out here, but most of the action is over the interior and into Nevada. Check out the satellite now.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Picture perfect August day around here, though it’s getting windy now. Some debris clouds still there to enhance the vibe.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Hot today 

[Reg]

Amazing view to the mountains east of here, just a wall of cumulonimbus for several hours now. I haven't been able to get a good picture of it sadly, but it's more or less like this (but from further away):

[Pn1ct0g3n]

High was a very respectable, for the beach, 78. 
Good visibility thanks to the monsoon helping scour out the gunk. I could see the storm developing way out to my east…had to be 60-80 miles away.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Low clouds are moving towards the coast.

[Mr Marine Layer]

We are about halfway through the astronomical summer season. 

[Reg]

High was 99F today.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Dewpoint is 66 F at San Diego 

[Mr Marine Layer]

Low clouds threatening to make landfall.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Ocean temps could take a dump this weekend, but next week should bring recovery. Right now they are fairly warm south of LA County, but a cold tongue is creeping in to the north.

[Mr Marine Layer]

Low clouds did not reach us this morning. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

High about 74 here, cooler than yesterday as the natural AC was cranked up. Woodland Hills hit the century mark again today.

[Reg]

102F right now.

[Reg]

Topped out at 105F, still 103F right now.

[Mr Marine Layer]

No monsoonal moisture today.

[Reg]

90F at 8 PM.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Still upper 60s here despite a very vigorous long lasting onshore breeze

[Mr Marine Layer]

Weather could get interesting on Tuesday.