Drought Water
May 19, 2016Sunshine and a sharp, Arctic-like wind this Thursday morning on California’s north coast as a bit of ‘unsettled‘ weather enters the picture later today — according to the NWS, an ‘unusually strong late-season storm‘ is…
Category Archives: Weather
Incandescence Intensifies ‘Climate Emergency’
May 16, 2016Drizzling-gray this early Monday on California’s north coast, though, not-so-chilly this morning. Supposedly, clear skies with no heavy rain percentage until Thursday, and warm — the NWS warns, however, the heat wave will be ‘short lived,’…
Thursday Thunder-Rain
May 5, 2016Drizzling rain this early Thursday on California’s north coast, softly and misty — opposite to a couple of hours ago when a nasty, but quick, storm front hammered its way across the landscape. Heavy-pelting rain…
Wild-Forest Fires Not So Wild
May 2, 2016Sunshine and warm temperatures this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast, all tempered by a slightly-cool ocean breeze — about as good-as-it-gets for these parts. Overcast-sun and a slight chance of rain forecast for tomorrow,…
Subtle-n-Sunshine
April 28, 2016(Illustration: ‘California Redwoods3,’ by Will Borden, found here). Bright sunshine and gusty winds this near-noon Thursday on California’s north coast as we start a decent-sized episode of clear weather, an attitude supposedly to last until…
‘Earth Day’ Rains Purple
April 22, 2016Raining fairly steady this early Friday on California’s north coast as this particular weather episode seems to be carrying more moisture than forecast. Showers on-and-off — sunshine floods the senses every-now-and-then. Pretty-wet so far this…
Ocean Chemistry
April 19, 2016A goodly part of California is the Pacific Ocean. Although just hugging our coast, the Pacific carries a shitload of influence all over, spread out vast to the west from where I’m sitting, and is…
Warm to Hot — ‘Wow”
April 18, 2016Bright sunshine, clear skies and warm temperatures this Monday morning on California’s north coast as we spin through another dry, heated episode. Yesterday was hot (relative, of course). Sunday’s high of 74 broke Eureka’s record…
Rain and Hail and Fatty Acids
April 14, 2016Overcast and sprinkling rain this early Thursday on California’s north coast, a respite from most-likely the strongest storm of the ‘season’ last night. In seemingly classic-weather style yesterday afternoon, heavy, gusty winds forewarned of the…
‘Skewed’ Climate
April 13, 2016Sunshine with a chilled breeze this early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we look forward to ‘a brief return to winter‘ tonight and tomorrow. The NWS predicts gusty winds with heavy rain, possible hail,…