Stormy Monday

Rain in buckets-full this early Monday on California’s north coast, and some blustery winds, too. Just another episode of the rain-laden storms sweeping across the West Coast this week, and apparently no end in sight until Thursday, then it’s only for a day or so, then once again the cycle starts all over again. Covering…

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ARs in the Air

Rain-to-drizzle-to-rain again this Saturday morning on the storm-tossed northern California coast — under the sweep of several ‘atmospheric rivers’ for the next week to 10 days. According to the NWS, those storms will bring ‘copious amounts of moisture‘ to our area, from tonight through next Thursday — 5.5-to-12-inches of rain for Humboldt County, depending on…

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Sunshine Snowfall

Sunshine bright and beautiful on an early Wednesday here on California’s north coast. A glaring respite to a string of storm systems that’s been rolling across our region — a couple of days of sun-and-semi-sun, then another heavy-soaking rain storm forecast for Friday, or early Saturday. And cold, too. Temperatures expected to take a hard…

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Beach Flurries

A white landscape this early Monday on California’s north coast, snow flurries mixed with hail has left the area looking out of whack. Odd to see all white. Roadways, driveways, rooftops, the texture soft on top, cold and slippery underneath. According to the NWS this morning: ‘Coastal areas, even as low as sea level, may see…

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Rain, Rain

Heavy rain gushing through gutters this Friday morning on California’s north coast — we’re in the wet midst of a fairly-decent storm cycle, all propelled by some blustery winds. We could see gusts above 20-mph, and although forecast for maybe half-an-inch of rain today, so far from the looks of it, the end-result should be…

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Solstice of Winter’s Discontent

Crystal-clear with bright sunshine this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and cold, too. Frosted rooftops in the neighborhood this morning as temps right now just a few degrees above freezing. No rain until sometime tomorrow afternoon, decent-sized storm expected, though.. Today is also the ‘Winter/December Solstice,’ which actually occurred at 2:44 AM, and “officially”…

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‘Atmospheric’ to the ‘Vortex’

Water, and more water from the sky this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast — the NWS calls it ‘Heavy Rain,’ and it has indeed been that for several hours now. Supposedly, another cycle right-behind this one, bringing more ‘Heavy Rain‘ until sometime tomorrow afternoon. Starting Friday, though, fair, sunshine days expected through the weekend, maybe…

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Weather Forecasting ‘Game Changer’

Light-misty drizzle this Monday morning on California’s north coast, occassional sunshine, though, mostly wet weather expected the next few days. According to the NWS, we’re to get a wet Thursday: ‘The heaviest rain is expected to fall Thanksgiving day through Friday…‘ At least according to current technology. Last Saturday night the GOES-R, the most powerful…

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Rain Uneven

Darkly-overcast this Friday morning on California’s north coast, a foreshadowing of rainstorms to come — rain supposedly for at least the next 10 days. According to the NWS, off an alliterating forecast of ‘Wet Weekend Weather,’ a large block of wet will swamp the region with some level of precipitation until at least toward the…

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