As of early this morning, some upper level clouds are drifting across interior NorCal, with otherwise light winds and seasonable temperatures underneath.
Going from the 90’s to the 60’s in about two weeks, with morning temps in the low 40’s is a bit sudden – at least morning light is back on schedule with the time change.
"the expected shortwave trough moves through NorCal. In addition to cooler daytime highs, this shortwave will bring some light precipitation to the area; generally less than a tenth of an inch in the Valley, and around a quarter of an inch or less at higher elevations."
It’s been a long and hot Summer, with many days in the 100’s, finally tapering into the 90’s. In July we had a record series of consecutive days in the mid 100’s, peaking at 112, but it appears some cooling will begin this week. There hasn’t been much in the way of atmospheric interest, or even clouds like this.
Meanwhile I got the Fat Boy handlebars sorted out and with the weather cooperating we might get out on the road a bit more
Young Americans For Freedom activists place 2,977 American flags, representing each life lost in the 9/11 terrorist attack, in the grass on the Diag at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 11, 2020. “In trying and divisive times such as these, uniting Americans to honor a day of unbearable loss that brought unbreakable unity reminds us that what we have in common matters more than our disagreements: We are all Americans—a fact worth being proud of,” says Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Spencer Brown.© Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Pre
“Young Americans For Freedom activists place 2,977 American flags, representing each life lost in the 9/11 terrorist attack, in the grass on the Diag at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 11, 2020. “In trying and divisive times such as these, uniting Americans to honor a day of unbearable loss that brought unbreakable unity reminds us that what we have in common matters more than our disagreements: We are all Americans—a fact worth being proud of,” says Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Spencer Brown.
© Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press
Never Forget the Falling Man…
His name was Norberto Hernandez. He lived in Queens.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/
Yesterday we awoke to rain – a hardly plausible thought, but one indicated by our local Weather Maestros. Eventually it reached an astonishing 0.13″ that amounted to 52.0% of season-to-date — which is greater than last year’s 0.05″… California in most cases is a desert.
It’s been quite a while since I had or made a Mai-Tai (as one of my first exuberant post extolled) and a lot more has changed since then. No Maui vacations, Gunblogger Rendezvouses, Enduro riding, 1100sq/ft condo with HOA restrictions, craptastic BayAryan traffic in Ultraliberal Googleopolis… The contents of the Bug-Out Bag has definitely changed from Earthquake Country suburban camp-out among raging Zombies to Wildfire Country and a pleasant drive around the lake to a nice hotel.
Yesterday it only got up to 102.9°F – and we’re heading into a slight cooling trend, so we’ll dip into the mid 90’s next week – must be Fall soon!! Yeh, right. Meanwhile over the tree-line and across the North Fork is a big plume of smoke and a 187-acre wildfire in Swansboro. Last night ground crews were bulldozing fire-lines and since it’s close to Slab Creek Reservoir CalFire has a bunch of air assets (go big Chinook!) dropping water and retardant on the blaze. I can’t see the smoke from here.
A cool start to the week. A few days ago it was already 80-degrees at 8:00am, and last week was mostly in the 100’s, and the week before that too – and really since the beginning of July. We have been busy early in the day, finding shady places to walk the dog so she gets her nose-full.
Clouds along the crest of the Sierra bringing cooler weather. The two-week long overheating “dome” has moved off.
Update: Yeh cooling a bit, just 100.9 today, 14% humidity.
There’s a 16 acre fire downtown, up off Paydirt Road, below the airport. You can see the smoke plume on the right side, and it’s getting bigger.
We’re getting a brief mid-80’s cool-down before next week’s 100’s plus all-week. The clouds were a nice touch. I like these mornings.
Not Clauswitz 