High overcast and some low ground fog this way-early Friday up here on California’s north coast, and the air is fairly warm for the time. The weather has been about the same the last few days, although the sun did break through the cover late yesterday afternoon, the climate has been back to near-normal after some Hawaii-like temperatures for awhile. Also we might be in the national news today due   Read More ...

Raining this particular Sunday morning and warm — the last few days have been exceptional, temperatures most-amiable and it might be that summer’s coming quicker than expected. Up here on California’s north coast, however, weather is of the moment, and we have days in January like days in July, which makes any kind of long-range forecasting near-futile. Today is also considered by another name, but we won’t get into that   Read More ...

Wondering a bit this evening, reading about another astro-podic close encounter of earth with a chunk of space rock, the one this afternoon ‘…big as a city block…’ glided past about 600,000 miles up — as Reuters explained: That’s about 2-1/2 times as far as the moon, fairly close on a cosmic yardstick. A space rock or fossil fuel? (Illustration found here). Earth seemingly is in the cross-hairs — at   Read More ...

(Illustration found here). Clear and cold this early Wednesday morning on California’s north coast and although we experienced hail, snow flurries and rain yesterday morning, the sun came out later on and life was nice. Supposedly in the midst of a big winter storm right now, here along the Pacific rim weather can be strange to say the least — we can get a day in January just like a   Read More ...

A bit of thin, high overcast this early Thursday morning on California’s northern coast, allowing the near-half moon to glimmer through the clouds — and it’s cold, too. In this particular set-up, I haven’t seen any of the Quadrantid meteor shower which is supposed to be burning through earth’s upper layers this morning, creating a flare-show of about 100 meteors an hour, but off my back patio and high overhead   Read More ...

Clear and cold this first early morning of a new year here on California’s northern coast, the clear, bright moon hanging up in the eastern sky with just a bit chewed off one side. It’s not all that real-cold, a few degrees above freezing, but the air will sharpened fairly quick the more inland  — the coast is the way to go. And good ole Cali-forny starting it off right:   Read More ...

Another wet early-morn here on California’s northern coast and it appears it’s storming all over the US — back east, seven people have been killed, including two little children, as big winter-generated weather chaos churns through the region. And this is only the start to the cold season. In the overpowering ring of ugly in the news cycle lately — mass killings, dumb-ass gun-control bullshit, deadly weather and the crazed   Read More ...

Rain, rain and more rain as the storms keep pounding us here on California’s northern coast, and the end is still a couple of days away. Right now a few minutes from the weak light of a dawn, we’re in what’s considered a light rain stretch, which in the parlay of the moment could mean anything weather-wise. Near-directly south of where I’m at is Honeydew, near the Humboldt Redwoods State   Read More ...

Clear skies and chilly this early Monday along California’s northern coast and maybe despite the calender, Indian Summer might still with us. Not so long ago, weather talk was a nice way to pass the time, a gentle way to bullshit without upsetting anyone, people all knew chatting about the weather was a pleasent non-controversial way to pass time — nowadays it’s a bit different. (Illustration found here). Not only   Read More ...

Another fogged early morning here on California’s northern coast and most-likely, too, another cool, moist day as the ‘June Gloom‘ continues on into the summer. Up here, we’re more gloom than doom as opposed to the southern part of the state — fog is near-about a natural part of our environment. If one could pry oneself away from the hilarious antics of Mitt Romney long enough, the dry air across the   Read More ...