2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Trying to burn off but the ocean is already fighting back like a lion. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still cool here at 11 am with patchy low clouds remaining.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

The sun has managed to come out west of Sepulveda, unlike yesterday where the wall never cracked. Patchy coverage remains, and fairly solid farther south in the SM Bay.

This deep ML might even tamp down highs in the valleys. Yesterday Woodland Hills got to 96, but today is probably another story.

[Anti Marine Layer]

As you can see in this parking violation image, some low clouds were still floating around about 11:15 am.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Looks like the Pacific got indigestion from lunch today. Finally some proper July sky here, though it remains on the cool side!

Just a few stragglers here and there.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Better clearing today for most coastal areas. Still feels more like May than July.

Even Winnetka sits at a relatively temperate 87.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Crazy good visibility for July. Catalina clearly visible!

[Thunder98]

2 hours ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

Looks like the Pacific got indigestion from lunch today. Finally some proper July sky here, though it remains on the cool side!

Just a few stragglers here and there.

I see a ghost !

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Minor heatwave expected this weekend but the coast won’t feel it because of the “squashed” marine layer. Though it could help warm the ocean a little.

Also calls for some monsoon influence but don’t hold your breath for any showers or thunderstorms west of the mountains:

https://marineweather.net/coastal/point-mugu-to-san-mateo-pt-ca-including-santa-catalina-and-anacapa-islands-coastal-forecast

[Anti Marine Layer]

Idiot shooting fireworks.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Marine layer knocking on the door of the state capitol this morning.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

June Gloom came a month late. The color scale shifted a bit so don’t panic yet.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The brunt of it burnt off faster today. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Feels quite thick here, and the sea breeze never quite died down all night.  Some beaches still reporting as low as 62F right now. No eddy — it’s running cleanly down the coast.

For perspective in mid-July 2010, it was often 57 in the early morning where I’m at and the high was only 63. Felt more like what you’d expect in Morro Bay.

This four day heatwave coming up should help but there’s a chance troughing returns as soon as it’s over.
 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Some low clouds did make it into the Central Valley this morning, but they got strangled fast

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Slower clearing than yesterday as the onshore flow seems stronger. Low clouds almost snuck into Santa Clarita this morning, that’s quite deep.

 

Zzzzzzz…

[Anti Marine Layer]

7 minutes ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

Slower clearing than yesterday as the onshore flow seems stronger. Low clouds almost snuck into Santa Clarita this morning, that’s quite deep.

 

Zzzzzzz…

Here it was faster, but probably due to a lowering marine layer and strengthening inversion.

War rages on between the cold Pacific and the 4CH.

 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Yup. Similar to last year where the robust 4C high fought valiantly against the chilly Pacific — in a normal year it brings relief by the second half of the month to August. Fingers crossed.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Could be another year where the coastal high temperatures peak after the Fall Equinox.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Clearing out now but still sub-70 at most coasts.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The usual troubles for Eureka, probably the foggiest place in the world

[Anti Marine Layer]

The IDEAL climate for many

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Wow. 75 and 72 are their RECORD highs for July and August respectively. That’s wild. And compare it to the immediately  surrounding months. 
 

It comes down to “the two months they never get an offshore wind event”

[Thunder98]

2 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

The IDEAL climate for many

Nah, this is so much better.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

I can understand why people don't like 90 degree heat, but to be 58 in July and say that feels comfortable to them amazes me. For most people, 75 is not too hot.

[Anti Marine Layer]

We've got another lowlife shooting fireworks in the blue skies and golden sunshine. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

San Diego has not reached 80 yet this summer. Even in 2010 it got there by 7/15.

Looks like their latest date in the summer to reach 80 since 2010 was 7/23 in 2019.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cooling off quickly. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Full moon with a low moon angle.

[Anti Marine Layer]

You could take a cruise hundreds and hundreds of miles out and see nothing but solid low clouds. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

School starts in one month from tomorrow here. Lots of our nation's educators don't even know the correct date ranges of summer. This website may help them to figure it out.

 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Although it’s not as deep today, consistent with the building high pressure. Unfortunately they also are predicting a strong inversion, so there still may not be much relief for the immediate coast. During this heatwave don’t be surprised to see 60s and fog at the beaches while it’s triple digits in the valleys again.

We need a real ocean warming trend for this pattern to break and that may be in sight: confidence has built that we won’t revert to troughing next week as the 4CH hopefully remains parked.

Source: marineweather.net

[Anti Marine Layer]

Still got a few low clouds here.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Cleared out better today. We could see some thunderheads over the eastern San Gabriels and into the high desert today.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

And now the battle of the air masses begins.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Another day where all land areas in CA have cleared except for Eureka/Crescent City and parts of the Monterey Bay Area. Wonder what makes the low clouds so stubborn there.

[Anti Marine Layer]

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Still clinging to immediate coasts, including my own. The Santa Monica Bay, especially the southern half of it, tends to be another place where they’re stubborn. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Haven’t seen this backdrop in almost a full month! Looking toward the San Gabriels from Hawthorne.

[Reg]

A wall of high clouds from the east are dampening high temperatures here this afternoon. 3 PM and only 90F.