High pressure will continue to dominate the weather pattern through this week, resulting in well above normal temperatures for this time of year. High temperatures are currently forecasted to be in the upper 80’s to lower 90’s through at least Saturday. The average high temperature for this time of year is in the upper 70’s. […]

High temperatures have been above normal, at times over 10ºF above normal, since the last cool down way back on October 11th - 14th. These above normal high temperatures have been a result of a strong ridge of high pressure over/along the west coast of the United States, which has pushed the storm track […]

At least three large fires (Juliet, Marek and Sesnon) continue to burn in Southern California. This morning, the three fires could actually be seen on the Infrared satellite imagery (see photo below).

Infrared satellite works by reading the infrared radiation emitted from earth. Normally we look at cloud top temperatures using this imagery, however since […]

Smoke from fires currently burning in California, and being driven by Santa Ana Winds, can be seen on visible satellite. Below is an image taken at 2:30pm, showing the large area of smoke being pushed off to the WSW over the Pacific Ocean.

As stated, in our last post “Cold Front Moves Through - Cool Weather!â€�, a trough of low pressure and associated cold front have brought a very dry and cold air mass into the area. This mornings low temperature at our location was 43.6ºF, which is lowest temperature we have ever recorded for the month of […]