Category: General
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Happy Vernal Equinox!
Today is the first half-day of spring! 🙂 Spring will officially start at 4:21PM PDT. I’m hoping we’re in the sunshine by then. The fog rolled in not long after the Super Moon rose above the mountains and now we’re locked into a chilly morning. It will stay pretty dry the next few days with…
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Check out the Moon tonight!
The Moon should be rising literally as I type this… it should be over Arrowsmith soon. It’s a beautiful night out there for March! Get out and see the full moon at its Perigee, the closest it’s been to the Earth in 18 years!
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Threat of Snow remains — But warmth taking hold
It seems as though over the next week (the first week of Spring!) we’ll be in a bit of an in-between place for weather. The first day of Spring, the vernal equinox, when day and night are roughly equal in length, will be March 20th. The first moment of Spring will occur at 16:21 (4:21PM)…
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Continuous rain breaks 100mm mark
When my station records rain it keeps track of its continuity. If the rain does not pause for more than 3 hours then it keeps the “Rain Storm” counter going. Since the rain started at 4AM on Sunday, March 13 we have received 101.8mm of rain. Depending on where you are around the Valley no…
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Wind, Rain – No Radiation
You can expect lots of wind and rain over the next few days as we get a series of systems coming through. It really has turned to Spring I think and we’re in it for good now. What I would not expect is any kind of radiation from Japan. Lots of people seem to be…