Climate Change — ‘Honestly, it’s frightening’

(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 Climate report, and the card looked real bad (via Climate News Network) — WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas: “The future is…

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Also Weathering ‘Super-Tuesday 2’

Sometimes bright, glaring sunshine this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we skip merrily through a pre-spring ‘heat wave‘ this week, clear skies soaking up rays in the forecast — wet weather gone awhile. Supposedly, temperatures near 70 by Thursday/Friday. According to the NWS, there’s a high pressure forming up and hence the warmer…

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‘A Climate Space’

Overcast and gloomy-looking here this early Tuesday on California’s north coast. According to the NWS, ‘Rain Likely‘ today, accelerate slowly into ‘Heavy Rain‘ by tomorrow night, and accompanied by ‘Breezy,’ will continue in similar fashion, on-and-off for a number of days. Weather always a topic — in my neck-of-the-beach/woods weather can shift in minutes, and…

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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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‘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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