2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread

[Anti Marine Layer]

San Diego topping out at 79 F so far today.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Quiet day here. We need another 2015-like summer.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

It’s pretty fine for late July. After all that No-Sky nonsense especially. Dews must be up because I noticed it was stickier.
 

High was either 74 or 75 here. Right about average.

[Thunder98]

High was only 68F WTF

[Reg]

Lot of high clouds today. High only 97F today, no bizarre temperature pattern like yesterday.

[Reg]

2 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

High was only 68F WTF

1 minute ago, Reg said:

High only 97F today

Two very different worlds seen here. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Strengthening south wind this afternoon. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

2006 had a major July heat wave. It peaked on the 22nd. That day the lady in our church who constantly fans herself (when almost everyone else is comfortable) attended the outdoor wedding for her daughter. Fortunately the monsoonal moisture from an inland thunderstorm made it cloudy, but the reception was brutal with a broken AC.

 

[Reg]

2 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

2006 had a major July heat wave. It peaked on the 22nd. That day the lady in our church who constantly fans herself (when almost everyone else is comfortable) attended the outdoor wedding for her daughter. Fortunately the monsoonal moisture from an inland thunderstorm made it cloudy, but the reception was brutal with a broken AC.

I remember that day. Our power went out for most of the afternoon just as thunderstorms rolled in. June and July 2006 both had abnormally very warm SSTs off Southern California's coastline.

[Reg]

If I go through all my rainy seasons since 2009 and convert them from July-June to the October-September format, here is what they become:

2009-2010: 12.26"

2010-2011: 16.59"

2011-2012: 7.47"

2012-2013: 6.56"

2013-2014: 8.53"

2014-2015: 10.86"

2015-2016: 6.33"

2016-2017: 15.51"

2017-2018: 4.14"

2018-2019: 15.76"

2019-2020: 15.76"

2020-2021: 5.76"

2021-2022: 7.69"*

Average: 10.46" (not counting 2021-2022)

Pretty remarkable that my season totals for 2018-19 and 2019-20 become exactly the same. Also 2015-16 loses almost two inches of rain from the July 2015 thunderstorms.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The same lady whose daughter had the wedding in July 2006 sets her AC to 64 or lower in the summer and sleeps with wide open windows during the winter. She very rarely, if ever, uses the heat.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Not as warm tonight with the marine layer regrouping. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Marine layer has returned this morning.

[Reg]

1 hour ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Marine layer has returned this morning.

Welcome back.

Low was 65F this morning - coolest morning since June 14.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Definitely cloudier this morning. Noticed a drop in the overnight low — my windows were open all night and by 6am my room was uncomfortably chilly. That shouldn’t last though.

Coming week should be fairly standard for late July, with a wobbling 4CH giving us varying amounts of influence once the two day trough passes over this weekend. Today should be like yesterday; we’ll get the debris clouds of dying storms, but the action will be centered well to the south and east.

[Anti Marine Layer]

We will fall below 14 hours of daylight this weekend. 

[Reg]

Lot of high clouds today. High 94F, coolest day since July 14.

[Anti Marine Layer]

No heat waves here for a while, but that doesn't mean the days will not be hot. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Cool and breezy again this evening. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Increasing onshore flow the next few days.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Quietude 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Lots of clouds to the east.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Solar declination has fallen below 20 N.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Burning off rather slowly this morning, at least for this time of year.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Overcast seems to have deepened to moderate with a return of a weak eddy. Beaches should clear a lot better than earlier in the month as the deeper marine layer is paradoxically easier to disrupt — and should take the edge off inland heat. Because the ocean has warmed up it feels mild under the clouds.

The monsoon moisture continues to spin just to our east. All in all, a fairly standard late July pattern that’s a welcome relief from 2020/2021.

The weak trough is supposed to be gone by midweek and return us to last week’s programming:

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

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

36 minutes ago, Pn1ct0g3n said:

Overcast seems to have deepened to moderate with a return of a weak eddy. Beaches should clear a lot better than earlier in the month as the deeper marine layer is paradoxically easier to disrupt — and should take the edge off inland heat. Because the ocean has warmed up it feels mild under the clouds.

The monsoon moisture continues to spin just to our east. All in all, a fairly standard late July pattern that’s a welcome relief from 2020/2021.

The weak trough is supposed to be gone by midweek and return us to last week’s programming:

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

 

 

Do they have that discussion there?

[Thunder98]

Low was only 51F this morning 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here's a before and after of the house that was remodeled.

Before

After

Which do you like better? 

I call it the Unfinished House

[Anti Marine Layer]

57 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

Low was only 51F this morning 

Only 51? That would be cold down here.

[Anti Marine Layer]

The monsoonal debris clouds are gone.

[Pn1ct0g3n]

2 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Do they have that discussion there?

Some of my post is paraphrased from there, mixed with my own observations. They’re a valuable reference. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

It’s the weekend, with ideal beach weather. Downtown Manhattan Beach is crawling with people. Do not go down there to shop unless you want to feel like sardines in a can.

[Thunder98]

Only 66F today. The weather is very boring for the forseeable future. No rain, light winds, no thunderstorms and no heat.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Hazy afternoon 

[Anti Marine Layer]

No heatwave here as the PNW is expected to roast next week. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Marine layer has deepened this morning. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Fire near Yosemite creating a whole bunch of smoke on the visible satellite. 

[Pn1ct0g3n]

Beat me to it lol. Down here, it’s gonna be boring for awhile. 

Yosemite authorities: “it’s like deja vu all over again!”

[Anti Marine Layer]

Clouds are looking thick over the ocean.

[Reg]

Developing east of here this afternoon. Much larger than any of the cumulonimbus we saw last week.