It's raining, slightly, and yes, I'm happy…we're now at about 110% of normal, which is pretty much right on the button of what Terry Schaeffer, forecaster extraordinaire, predicted for Ventura County in January. http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf Only Happy When It Rains – Gar…
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How was that El Nino for you, SoCal?
Emily Green's Chance of Rain posts on the rainy season we had, and our usual dry six months to come, going to Bill Patzert for the meteorolgical crux. In response to a question, the famous forecaster from JPL/NASA said: After the Vernal Equinox (lMarch 20th), the Northern Hemisphere begins to rapidly warm up. This expands theContinue reading “How was that El Nino for you, SoCal?”
National Academy of Sciences backs bio opinions in Delta
Over at John Fleck's shop in Albuquerque, the reporter looks at the release of a National Academy of Sciences report on the Delta. The unavoidable news is that the panel concluded that restrictions on pumping to save the endangered Delta Smelt were "scientifically justified," and said so numerous times in the report. But to noContinue reading “National Academy of Sciences backs bio opinions in Delta”
Stars over Cathedral Rock (via Yosemite Bob)
Still haven't figured out what I think of Twitter, but Yosemite Bob has a fascinating feed, complete with some nifty pictures…here's one of the stars over Cathedral Rock. You gotta love it, as they say it Hollywood…
California condors spread their wings over central coast
Really good front-page news from the Monterey Herald — an egg has been spied in a nest of young California condors living in the Pinnacles Mts., far away from the site of the endangered species into the environment in Ventura county about two decades ago. In other words, the species appears to be re-establishing itselfContinue reading “California condors spread their wings over central coast”
El Nino sceptic repents as rain continues to fall
Bill Patzert and "The Los Angeles Times" are likethis, as the gossip columnists say, and deservedly so: the newspaper is by far the biggest in the West, and Patzert is the most interesting forecaster in our region, perhaps the country. For one, he admits when he gets it wrong. How many other forecasters confess? HeContinue reading “El Nino sceptic repents as rain continues to fall”
Our galactic neighbor, seen as never before
Science fans and Internet junkies no doubt have been caught glimpses of the latest set of images from NASA's astonishingly far-sighted WISE (Wide Infrared Survey Explorer) mission. Here's my personal fave: our closest galactic neighbor, Andromeda. Although about 2.5 million light years from our sun, this galaxy is actually bigger than the Milky Way, expertsContinue reading “Our galactic neighbor, seen as never before”
Walking with the dogs at sunset
Some good rain…and a “blown forecast”
Ventura County is now at about 200% of normal rainfall for this time of year, twenty inches in our immediate area, which is wonderful, but, as Emily Green and others have pointed out, comes nowhere near the 1 to 1.5 inches of rain an hour predicted for Wednesday of last week. In Green's post, forecasterContinue reading “Some good rain…and a “blown forecast””
Accuweather: Storm is “war on the Southwest”
Oh, c'mon. Now Accuweather is just getting silly: The last and strongest in the train of Pacific storms will unleash a new round of flooding rain, mudslides, feet of mountain snow, damaging winds and severe thunderstorms on California and the Southwest into Friday. Is is an all out weather war being waged by the atmosphereContinue reading “Accuweather: Storm is “war on the Southwest””
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