Category Archives: Weather

Despite Snow And Cold In California, ‘Harshest Winter Heat Wave In History’ Back East — Climate Change Promises More To Come

February 24, 2023

Rainy, dark and ominous, and cold as shit this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — the big winter storm we expected yesterday came crashing down on us during the night, with heavy winds…

Climate-Change Disasters Could Lead To ‘Doom Loop’ Failure To Curb Emissions

February 17, 2023

Sunshine-warm this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — another work week getting ready to bite the dust of time as 2023 continues to zoom on down the calendar road. As an add-on to…

State-Of-The-Climate For The New Year — Just More Melting Of Our One-And-Only Ice Cream Cone

January 22, 2023

A tight, chilly wind near sunset in California’s Central Valley this Sunday, drawing close to the end of another gorgeous day in a week-long respite from those ghastly atmospheric rivers. It’s been a time of…

Climate Change And The Future: 2024 ‘Likely To Be Off The Chart As The Warmest Year On Record’ Due To El Niño This Year

January 16, 2023

Overcast and thick looking this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — no rain right now, but we’ve had a shitload of the stuff the last several days to do a while, During a…

California ‘Weather Whiplash’ And Climate Change — Rain

January 14, 2023

Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite…

Weather Future As Now — ‘We Are Already Experiencing The Devastating Consequences Of Our Warming World’

January 10, 2023

(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to…

Rain (Yes, Again) — ‘Human-Caused Climate Change Is An Extreme Disruption Of The Earth System’

January 9, 2023

Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days.…

Atmospheric River In California, Shitshow In DC

January 5, 2023

Thickly overcast with just a slight sprinkle this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and although we got rain-hammered last night, hopefully, the most-potent downpour is gone for a while. An ‘atmospheric river’ that…