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September 2015 Summary – A respite from the heat – El Niño is a Beast – Arctic Melting
It was a fairly nondescript September. Interestingly, it was actually cooler than normal on average and we set a couple day low temperature records for the Airport station though not all time lows for the Valley. We set a day rain record and a high temperature record as well. Neither all time. Perhaps what…
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Thanksgiving Weekend Forecast! Oho flyby – Rain likely less than expected – Windy Coast.
The remains of Hurricane Oho are making their way North. Judging by the latest satellite pic, I think the former “core” of the storm is currently off of northern California and heading in our general direction pretty quickly. (See the arrow) The moisture from the storm is very front end loaded and is already impacting…
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Aloha Oho – Ex-Hurricane delivers up to 150mm by Thanksgiving Monday?
Looks like we have another tropical river setting up and another ex-Hawaii Hurricane feeding moisture to us in the next few days including over Thanksgiving. Hurricane Oho (NOAA Page here) is a Category 1 Hurricane currently losing steam near Hawaii. The interesting part is it’s predicted path. This is a 5 day track (to 2PM…
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Drizzle today – Full on Rain Wednesday
The wisps of drizzle signal the change in the weather that is coming. There will be drips and drops around all day ending by 2PM or so. By 5AM Wednesday morning the rain sweeps in. It will build all day with the strongest rainfall happening in the afternoon hours. It should clear out by around…
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Incredible Weekend – Mt. Klitsa Summit – Rain by Wednesday
It was a picture perfect weekend! It was even more perfect because I got to do something I have always wanted to do… climb Mt. Kiltsa. Thanks to Rob Frolic who extended an invitation to go on a hike up the mountain with his mom and his two friends, I achieved that goal, and with…
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