Extreme Normal — Gas Up

Overcast with occasional sprinkles this early Sunday on California’s north coast, with more rain expected to spatter-through later today. Last week,the NWS released preliminary rainfall totals for November — a bit better than last year (5.30-inches vs 5.11 in 2014), but well under the average for a ‘normal‘ month (6.73-inches). Not much in the way of…

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‘Chicken-Tender’ Asteroid and a Full Moon

Occasional heavy rains mixed in with near-continuous drizzle this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, as the holiday storms force-feed their way through the region. Strong thunder with a bit of lightning, too, last night — dramatic, reminded me of my origins, Alabama, the Deep South, where they’re also experiencing some gnarly weather. This the…

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El Niño — Rain, Maybe Sometimes, ‘Highly Venomous’ Sea Snakes

Overcast with an occasional heavy-downpour this early Monday afternoon on California’s north coast — we’ve been drenched the last three days, and apparently we’re going to remain drenched into the whole-coming week. According to the NWS weather-conditions thingy, my little drowned-spot/area received more than a good-inch of rain since midnight, and from all indications, the…

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Wet Winter — Drought Buster?

Overcast and a period of rain-relief this early Friday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the becoming-usual atmospheric river continues to drench the region. According to the NWS, we could get four-to-six inches of rain in another storm front expected to glide through here staring this afternoon, maybe eight inches in the northeast corner of…

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Influenced History

Rain the key ingredient this early Thursday morning on California’s north coast — the NWS advises fairly-gusty wind is scheduled to accompany more of that noted component this afternoon, the storms seemingly continuing indefinitely, at least until way-into next week. Our weather, our climate, especially in the nowadays, and so distinct, influencing the future — the…

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Sun Morning

Surprise, surprise this early Monday on California’s north coast — sunshine! And cold, too. One distinguishing mark with rainstorms is warmth, even if flowing from Alaska-way, and when clear the temperature goes down. Today’s not rain free, however, as big, ominous clouds still can be seen hovering just to the east, and we’re forecast for…

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Rain

Heavy, relentless rain this early Sunday on California’s north coast — strong downpours all morning especially right before first light, in less than an hour we reportedly collected nearly three-quarters-of-an-inch of rain, a shitload in a hurry. According to the NWS/FAA weather-thingy, we experienced a power-in, power-out for about 90 minutes, and seemingly with normal…

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Melting Day Tripper

As the rains cease for a break this afternoon, there’s an occasional sliver of bright sunshine cutting through the gloom — last sometimes only for seconds, but it’s better than nothing. In the subject-class of daylight and catching rays, climate change is spot-on again —  via today’s Guardian: The brakes will be more sharply applied…

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