NWS predicts… whoa

As such,
rainfall is also forecast to increase along the coastal ranges from
the Santa Cruz Mountains southward by early Tuesday morning. Rain
rates may approach or exceed 0.50"/hr as well from late tonight into
Tuesday morning.

Also, there is an urgent wind advisory for tonight through tomorrow:

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area

338 AM PST Mon Nov 7 2022

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST

TUESDAY…

* WHAT…South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 to 45 mph

expected.

* WHERE…Coastal North Bay, Marin Coastal Range, San Francisco

including San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains,

Monterey Bay coastline, and Big Sur coastline.

* WHEN…From 7 PM this evening to 10 AM PST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.

Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may

result.

Before I bring you your Sunday photo, I need to let you know about a planned prescribed burn for today. I suspect it might be postponed, given the rain, but anyway…

On Sunday, November 6th, the Santa Lucia Conservancy is planning to conduct a prescribed burn totaling approximately 25 acres in Carmel Valley at The Santa Lucia Preserve. Because prescribed burns are dependent on weather conditions, the date of the burn is subject to change with little notice. We will email you promptly with any changes.

The goals of this prescribed burn are to help restore the dairy field meadow by reducing thatch and cycling nutrients back into the soil while increasing fire safety through fuels reduction. To learn more about the goals of the prescribed burn and the measures we have in place to ensure community safety, please visit our website.

Smoke from the prescribed burn is anticipated and may persist for several days, depending on weather conditions. Prescribed fire smoke is generally less intense and remains concentrated for a shorter period than smoke from wildland fires. 

If you have any questions, please contact Restoration Manager Jackson Brooke atjbrooke@slconservancy.org.

All the best,

Alix Soliman
Communications & Outreach Coordinator

Santa Lucia Conservancy

(831) 620 – 9644

she/her pronouns

That is my amish quilt in the background that I hung in the So Coast Community Land Trust Booth when I worked it for a lot of years.

FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY TOWN HALL PODCAST & PRESENTATION SLIDES Please visit www.fireadaptedbigsur.com to listen to a podcast of and view presentation slides from the October 25, 2022 Fire Adapted Community Town Hall for the Big Sur community.  Podcast courtesy of the Henry Miller Memorial Library.   Announcements from the Town Hall included: The Fire Adapted Big Sur Newsletter is now available via email subscription, at no charge.  To subscribe to the newsletter, please visit www.fireadaptedbigsur.com.  Issue #01 launched on October 28, 2022.A request for ideas for future Town Halls or other fire adapted community-related topics.  Please contact us at info@fireadaptedbigsur.com to share your thoughts.Fire Adapted Big Sur will soon launch an interactive web map of data stored in the ArcGIS Online web-based mapping software.  This data, used by emergency planners and responders, as well as utilities and municipalities, provides insight to potential fire behavior and may help the Big Sur community become more fire resilient.  Thank you to Big Sur Fire and other agencies who have, and continue to, update this critical data.  Stand by for an announcement of the launch date! Thank you to Big Sur community members and guests for your active participation in last week’s Town Hall.