Late the Ganja
December 25, 2015Clear and cold this Friday morning along California’s north coast, after a night of heavy rain, a bit of hammering hail, and a faded-yellow sunrise, looks like a nice weather-day ahead — shivery as shit,…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Chicken-Tender’ Asteroid and a Full Moon
December 24, 2015Occasional heavy rains mixed in with near-continuous drizzle this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, as the holiday storms force-feed their way through the region. Strong thunder with a bit of lightning, too, last night…
‘Sunshower’ Senior Moment
December 23, 2015In short-sweet intervals, bright sunshine this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, a sharp happy-face in a sea of gloomy rainstorms. An oddity, too, sunshine while it’s raining — a meteorological phenomenon referred to as…
Terrified Peoples
December 22, 2015Overcast-darkly awaiting rain this early Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the ‘conveyor belt’ storms continue According to the NWS 48-hour rainfall totals note this morning, we received nearly two-and-a-half inches of the wet…
Redwood Curtain Relocate
December 21, 2015(Illustration: ‘California Redwoods3,’ by Will Borden, found here). In this neck of ground — the north coast of California — we’re whimsically-considered as secluded behind “The Redwood Curtain,” coined in reality of the ginormous trees…
El Niño — Rain, Maybe Sometimes, ‘Highly Venomous’ Sea Snakes
December 21, 2015Overcast with an occasional heavy-downpour this early Monday afternoon on California’s north coast — we’ve been drenched the last three days, and apparently we’re going to remain drenched into the whole-coming week. According to the…
Wet Winter — Drought Buster?
December 18, 2015Overcast and a period of rain-relief this early Friday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the becoming-usual atmospheric river continues to drench the region. According to the NWS, we could get four-to-six inches of rain…
Influenced History
December 17, 2015Rain the key ingredient this early Thursday morning on California’s north coast — the NWS advises fairly-gusty wind is scheduled to accompany more of that noted component this afternoon, the storms seemingly continuing indefinitely, at…
Climate and Gas
December 16, 2015Overcast and growing darker by the minute this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast — beautiful sunrise, followed by some gorgeous sunshine for awhile, then a rapid cloud gathering as another storm is slated for…
Canned Heat, Chilled
December 15, 2015Clear as a bell and still way-chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — this morning cold as dog shit, below freezing for the first time, with frost covering rooftops. Supposedly this should carry…