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…
Tag Archives: Environment
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,…
California Drought ‘Be Prepared’ — Not!
April 11, 2016Overcast with sunshine trying to break free this early Monday on California’s north coast, and it’s looking better outside by the minute. We’re supposed to end up clear by this afternoon, and nice weather until…
North Coast Tropics
April 7, 2016Sunshine and a warm breeze this early Thursday on California’s north coast, as we pass through a short-mini heat wave. Right here along the shoreline we nearly reached 80-degrees (79) on Wednesday as a warming…
Heat the Mini
April 6, 2016Warm and bright as indeed a micro-mini heat wave is upon California’s north coast — right now, near-noon, the WunderBlog weather thingy show we’re sitting just under 75 degrees, with a high today already of 77…
‘Red Flag’ Bear-Polar
April 5, 2016Scattered cloud cover with lots of sunshine this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we continue into a week of heat — at least the next couple of days; supposedly, we might even reach…
Reservoir Snow Dogs
March 31, 2016Bright sunshine from the east here this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, while just west of Mckinleyville Avenue, within sight from my front window, lies a deep-gray fog bank, waiting to quash the dazzling…
Climate Change — ‘Honestly, it’s frightening’
March 28, 2016(Illustration found here). In just a week, a bit of frightful climate news — maybe more frightful than usual. Starting off last Monday, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released its Status of the Climate Global…