As the forecast weather-speak states, “The unseasonably strong closed upper low is over northwest California early this morning. Radar shows showers continuing near the low center, and a large band of showers with some embedded thunder covering the northern Sierra in the frontal zone ahead of the low.”
In other news, our fire season has been remarkably quiet with just a few small incidents like this nearby 8-acre blaze that was quickly extinguished with the Hammer of ‘Tardent.
It’s been a hot-as-usual Summer, but a little tropical disturbance down in SoCal is sending ripples north.
We got some wind and “damp,” just enough to freak-out the doggie who insisted on sharing the bed briefly – until she decided to go out and look for adventure around 1:40AM.
Happy Birthday American Independence!!
We’re getting a cooling trough with clouds moving fast across the skies. Last year at this time it was in the 90’s and climbing, but today we’ll be lucky to hit a mid 70’s high.
In-between storms a bit of sunshine. Meanwhile up in the High Country there’s 713-measured inches of snow in the Central Sierra, that’s 59-something feet! Woo-hoo!
We’ve eclipsed the most recent high-level amount and closing in the 1951-52 record of 800+inches… Now if only somebody had built-up a couple reservoirs during that time period – but who could have foreseen the incredible population growth and agricultural needs? Planners maybe?
Three consecutive days of snow followed by a mix of rain and snow, at this altitude is kinda unusual. Today is just cold and rainy, with more snow forecast mixed with rain.
It’s 3:00PM and 102-degrees Fahrenheit, with overcast/high clouds – and just 14% humidity (and dropping). This is just weird, but better than yesterdays 105-degrees. The clouds offer some benefit I guess, they must reduce the temperature with no added humidity. It was 70-degrees when I got up at 6:00AM so it never really cooled-off overnight. Doggy doesn’t quite know what to do about it, while I add block-ice to her pool to keep things cool, and she enjoys her favorite pop-up sprinkler when it magically comes on.
Awoke at 5:40 to the ping-ting…of rain hitting the downspout! Then it really started to come down. The dog is curious about this sky-water stuff, and annoyed at all the noise on the deck canopies. I put my rubber boots and raincoat on – and my Stetson – and we went for a sniff around the field. It does smell weird and a bit “tangy.” It’s been a long couple-three weeks of in the upper 90’s and 100’s temperatures, so this cool morning is unexpectedly welcome!
High clouds over the Sierra. Yesterday was another 100-something day, but as usual low humidity. Time for doggie to go out and sniff the field.
The rainy weather that blew through reminded us that winter is coming, but it didn’t stay long – just long enough to also remind us about rain-coats and cold-weather stuff, and that I needed to check the function of my furnace. It does work. Now to get back out into the garden…
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