Hot-&-Hotter

Overcast with thick storm clouds, coupled with a gusty wind this early Wednesday on California’s north coast. Supposedly, we’re in for a good-sized drenching sometime today and to continue on into Thursday — and snow, too, maybe two-to-five inches at some higher elevations. Despite it all, once again we’re cooking — via Climate Central: ‘This…

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Foggy Drought

Fog with a bit of sunshine every-once-in-a-while on a Tuesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — a little chilly, but not unpleasant, seemingly feels seasonal, maybe spring or early summer. Some rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow, and another system due supposedly for Friday. Cold fronts both, according to the NWS, a low pressure…

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Oily Financials

Buried beneath continuous news awash with death, destruction, and The Donald, events in the oil industry are low-key, but financially catastrophic on many levels. Good nutshell-analysis at OilPrice.com: This downward spiral will lead to further credit downgrades and bankruptcies within the oil patch. All the while, access to credit is shrinking across all sectors due to…

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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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‘Intense’ Enough?

Sunshine filtered by some low-lying, thin, hazy-like clouds this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast as we catch a break on the ‘conveyor-belt’ rainstorms. We’re forecast for another whopper late Thursday and Friday — according to the NWS, rain will start light, then ‘increase in intensity‘ closer toward the weekend. Also to ‘increase‘ is sea-level…

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