la Nina rears her ugly head

For five minutes it rained exactly one cat and a dog. :lol:
https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0Z&rid=vtx&loop=yes
Now another spritzen/sprinkle, callin it this:
----------------------------------------------La Niña Rain Gage-----------------------------------------------------------------
Nothin'/Skunked-Foggy Doggy-Play Misty-Drizzle Corn-Light Showers-Steady Soaker-Bands/Sheets-Cats & Dogs
--------------------------------------------------------------- :) ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Thursday night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
 
Got some rain up here yesterday. Just barely enough to wet the ground but not measurable. I guess I'm ready for some real rain as things are very dried out.
 
----------------------------------------------La Niña Rain Gage-----------------------------------------------------------------
Nothin'/Skunked-Foggy Doggy-Play Misty-Drizzle Corn-Light Showers-Steady Soaker-Bands/Sheets-Cats & Dogs
------------------------------------------------------------- :) --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------La Niña Rain Gage-----------------------------------------------------------------
Nothin'/Skunked-Foggy Doggy-Play Misty-Drizzle Corn-Light Showers-Steady Soaker-Bands/Sheets-Cats & Dogs
----------------------- :| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/wcir.html
Spinning low in the Pacific will bring cooler weather after a couple of hot days.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/h5-loop-ft.html
Wider view of the low.

http://www.weather.gov/lix/
Nate expected to make landfall near New Orleans. :shock:
 
I'm choking on the smoke here. On the satellite picture I can see at least 11 separate fires. The cars are all covered with ash. I can expect the wind direction to shift by maybe tomorrow, which should solve my smoke problem (and make it somebody else's).

It seems like every time they issue a red flag warning, some pyro goes out and starts a bunch of fires.
 
Fire season underway in Cali Land. :evil:

http://abc7.com/1-dead-2-injured-others-missing-in-ca-wine-country-fires/2511052/ :cry:
http://abc7.com/homes-charred-evacuations-ordered-for-anaheim-hills-fire/2512065/
http://abc7.com/canyon-fire-burned-2600-acres-75-percent-contained/2468426/

We could see helicopter water drops from the freeway during the Canyon Fire last week. Smoke from Canyon Fire 2 is currently stretching to the coast where we used to live. Possibly started by the same person? Near the first area of ignition but wind from the opposite direction is pushing the flames south/westward.
Not currently windy here, although this area is not completely immune to wildfires. :shock:

Smoke from the visible satellite view can be seen blowing offshore north of Catalina Island.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/wfo/sgx/cvis.jpg

Just checked outside, wind gusts of maybe 10-15 mph.
 
The fires up here are much worse than was reported yesterday. over 1500 homes destroyed, 11 dead. Entire neighborhoods were wiped out in a few hours.
It's still snowing ashes at my place but the wind has shifted enough so there is some improvement in air quality.

We could really use a little rain...

 
---------------------------------------------La Niña Rain Gage-----------------------------------------------------------------
Nothin'/Skunked-Foggy Doggy-Play Misty-Drizzle Corn-Light Showers-Steady Soaker-Bands/Sheets-Cats & Dogs
------- :roll: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partly cloudy, breezy and cool. Was a fire at a recycling facility in Perris, caused by a bird nesting on a utility pole.
 
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ048&warncounty=CAC065&firewxzone=CAZ248&local_place1=San%20Jacinto%20CA&product1=Fire+Weather+Watch&lat=33.7927&lon=-116.9642#.WepXz2a3PMI
This afternoon
A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind.
Saturday night
Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 92. Light east wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday night
Clear, with a low around 60.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 98. Breezy.
Monday night
Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Breezy.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 100. Breezy.
Tuesday night
Clear, with a low around 59. Breezy.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 97.
Wednesday night
Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 88.
 
fechter said:
Got a little rain here. It really helped the firefighters.
Click to expand...

Got about a half inch at my place last night. (12th and Tehama in Thermalito)
 
---------------------------------------------La Niña Rain Gage-----------------------------------------------------------------
Nothin'/Skunked-Foggy Doggy-Play Misty-Drizzle Corn-Light Showers-Steady Soaker-Bands/Sheets-Cats & Dogs
------- :roll: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heard on the news that downtown LA got some, enough to water in the Grow Power at Dodger Stadium in time for 100°F game time temps on Tuesday for game one of the World Series. :mrgreen:
 
40 degree temperature swing between the daily high and low readings. After a few bites of romaine Chomper buried himself under the nearest asperegus fern bush two weeks ago and hasn't been seen or heard from since. His lizard friends are quite active during the day, and like to sun themselves on the back fence in the afternoon. Checking the weather records shows the lowest temperature ever recorded here was 18°F in December and the record high was 116°F in September, so he should feel quite at home hibernating from October through March as he would in his native Uzbekistan. :mrgreen:
http://russiantortoise.net/
 
Today
Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy drizzle and fog after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday
Patchy drizzle and fog before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 53. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
 
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