‘Smearing’ the 2016 ‘Leap Second’

A quick-arriving marine layer this early Friday on California’s north coast blocked a clear, bright sunrise — despite the gray, it’s supposed to be ‘Mostly Sunny‘ today with no rain expected until Sunday. Snow flurries forecast even on the shoreline for the opening hours of the new year, as a way-cold front is set to…

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‘Envious’ Emotions — An App For That

Overcast-gray with a bit of patchy ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — another day in the life along the shoreline. Weather the weather… Beyond the horror of T-Rump this morning, science attempts to understand humanity — in a world of non-stop action, studies beckon on our feelings. Nowadays, an App for…

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Permafrost Melt — Panic, but not Full-Panic — Yet

Gray-matter again still this near-noon Thursday on California’s north coast — the marine layer feels more-chilly, though, a quick peek of sunshine much earlier might have caused a sense of colder temperatures. Now it’s deep in the bowels of fog-city… Good news from a study on an eventual-horrible situation with global warming: ‘“Our research indicates that…

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Living Instead of Dying

In the fog-bank, gray-zone once again this early Thursday on California’s north coast — gloomy prelude, however, to an expected  bright, sunshine-filled afternoon. Unless something goes terribly wrong… How about what’s normal, but wrong — like getting old? This month will mark two years since my retirement, and aging seemingly is an unfair piece of…

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‘The Impacts of Climate Change Are No Longer Subtle’

Misty ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — a couple of hours ago, from all appearances, we were going to be treated to a lately-rare sunshine morning, with clear skies eastward, and the first, startling rays of sunlight topping the mountains. However, this tale has been told. Shoreline weather has a life…

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Warm and Warmer

Beauteous, bright sunshine this Friday morning on California’s north coast, an environmental-glare sharpened by chilled ocean-winds. Precipitation maybe over the weekend, but amount depends upon the difference between ‘chance‘ and ‘isolated‘ — drizzle? Weather has become more than just some idle, social chatter — reality bites. Startlingly-gorgeous weather here, but not so everywhere (UK’s Independent this…

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