El Niño a ‘Mini Global Warming’

Faded-yellow sunshine this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, another mild day is expected, though, some patchy drizzle could happen in particular spots in the morning. Maybe rain late Thursday, with about a 50/50-chance Friday, but nothing forecast deep-wet until the end of next week. Beaches tomorrow will once again become ‘potentially hazardous‘ (the NWS),…

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Wave ‘The Blob’

Gray the dominate color and feel this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, a mood created by a sky of rain-infested clouds, and coupled to cold-dismal air. Apparently, temperatures didn’t fall that low this morning — mid-40s — but it just felt/feels colder. My environment probably just the opening act for another rainstorm expected later…

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Bright Not

Sunshine clear and bright this early Monday on California’s north coast, and cold-as-shit, too. Supposedly, we were down to freezing just before sunrise. If not the coldest morning so far this year, has to be way-close. A nice dust of frost on nearby rooftops, which quickly burned off. The NWS warns of more rain tonight, and…

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Sun-Spot Sunday

Bright sunrise and cold this early Sunday on California’s north coast, a return to yesteryear of clear, crisp mornings with frosty rooftops, a nice break as the continuous rain was getting monotonous, though, we can use every droplet, and snowflake. According to my weather folks — WunderBlog/the NWS — we’re mostly-supposed to have this sort of…

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Quakers

Despite being in an earthquake-shaker zone, no news yet about a couple of heavy-duty quakes in the area yesterday afternoon within minutes of each other — I didn’t feel a thing. First, a 5.0 earthquake at 4:28, about 165 miles west of Mckinleyville, and pretty-shallow, too, at 6.2 miles; followed two minutes later by a 4.9…

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