Category: Weather Conditions

Weather Report

NOAA is predicting 1 and 1/2 to 2 inches. Woohoo!

From a SLO Co Meterologist I follow:

Partly to mostly cloudy skies will continue through tonight. Today’s maximum temperatures will reach the low to mid 60s.

A cold front will pass through Northern California tonight. This cold front pass over San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday
with rain showers. Rain showers will start about 4 a.m. and will continue into Thursday morning. The rain is subtropical
in nature which will result in mild overnight temperatures. Snow levels are forecast to range between 6,000 and 7,000′.

Total rainfall amounts are forecast to range between 0.25 and 0.45 inches, with up to 0.75 inches in the San Simeon
and Cambria areas and along the Santa Lucia mountains.

3/4 of an inch sure sounds good to me! I am so sick of the dust that permeates my pores.

And from NOAA:

FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC LIFT PLUS MORE FAVORABLE DYNAMICS. EXPECT MORE THAN AN INCH FOR THE NORTH BAY, SANTA CRUZ, AND SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS, 1/3″ TO 2/3″ FOR NORTH BAY TOWNS, BETWEEN 1/4″ AND 1/2″ FOR MUCH OF SF BAY, AND LESS THAN 1/4 ” FOR SANTA CLARA/SALINAS VALLEY.

An inch sounds even better!

Sonic Booms

Sonic booms from planes playing war games 70 miles off the coast were heard from Big Sur to Santa Barbara. They rattled my windows and my dogs. Katherine Turner & Burt Ewling of The Cambrian report that Andrews Air Force Base confirmed practice strike runs.

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New and Improved Weather Report

UPDATE 10/29 – total for the storm, .26, as of 7:00, but my gauge is indicating I just got .01″ as I was typing this.

For my first new and improved weather report: it rained last night, it was windy last night, and still gusts up to 25 mph this am. No, seriously, I have some figures for you. I even took photos of the readings on my station, but can’t seem to get them mailed to myself, so I’ll summarize. Overnight, I got .10″ but .08″ came at one time, at around the same time as the maximum wind; maximum wind was 39 mph at 2:49 am; low temp was 39 with a wind chill factor of 32. It is only 42 degrees currently, at 8:30 am.

Okay, I promise, I won’t give a blow-by-blow report throughout the winter – only significant events. I’m just a gal playing with her new toy this am! Really, pretty nice, gentle storm for the first of the season. Hmmm … To build a fire, or not build a fire … It is 61 degrees inside.

Since I wrote the above, a long time ago, another .05″ has fallen, for a total of .17″ for the storm. I built a fire and it is up to 73 this afternoon. Fur kids and I tucked in – warm, dry, and cozy!

Road closed by mud slide

1:00 pm – the incident has been removed from the dispatch log.

12:45 pm – Road just closed south of Gorda … Both lanes due to rock/mud slide according to CHP website. I only got .17″ so probably not bad, but no eyewitness reports, yet.

Winter Weather Station

I just bought myself a wonderful weather station. It does it all. Hoping to install the outside station late this afternoon.

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Looking forward to getting much more accurate results, and rain totals in the .01ths, instead of .1s. And wind speeds up to 150 mph! We don’t get those really high winds every winter, but whatever we get, I’ll be able to accurately measure!

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Prescribed Burn

From twitter about 11:30

CAL FIRE BEU
1 hour ago
CAL FIRE is planning a prescribed burn in the southern Diablo Range southeast of Pinnacles National Park (San Benito County) for Thursday, October 10, 2013.

Rain expected Wednesday

We have rain coming our way … Always welcome, but not enough to end the fire season yet.

No word on Jade Festival, although Park Management posted today that they are still closed, and asked everyone to contact Lois Capp in either SLO or DC.

Jade Festival

Kate’s internet is not reliable at the moment. She will call me for updates regarding the Jade Festival. At the moment it is still on hold. Kate says Sam Farr was able to obtain an exemption on the permit. Parking and camping are still issues. We will keep you posted.

Debbie

Big Sur Health Center Health Fair

Big Sur Health Center Health Fair
Location: Big Sur Health Center (in case of rain, the Big Sur Grange)
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Time: Noon to 5 PM

We have a great Health Fair planned this year. We are going to have more booths than ever before. Besides our usual booths such as free flu shots we have 9 new ones including information on the new insurance for Obamacare, hearing test, and back care. Alphabetically listed below are all the booths. We will also have raffle prizes for attendees who visit multiple booths. Please bring your old eyeglasses because Lions Club is collecting then for people in need. Remember, to give blood you must have an ID such as a driver’s license, passport, or Mexican Matricula.

Acupuncturist-Sue Malinowski
Asthma screening
Back care and proper body mechanics-Carmel Orthopedic & Sports Therapy
Behavioral health, counseling services- Monterey County
Bloodmobile-CHOMP
Blood pressures checks
Blood sugar and cholesterol testing
Cancer information
Covered California, the CA Insurance Exchange for ObamaCare- Public Health
Dental screening –Dr. Marta Mejia
Disaster preparedness and information on CERT
Energy Medicine- Marty Morgenrath
Free Flu shots
Hearing screening -Hearing Aid Center of Carmel
Organic lunch with smoothies
Raffle-prizes for attending multiple booths
Safety and awareness information – Monterey Rape Crisis Center
Spiritual Health including yoga- Rev. Cynthia Spencer of All Saints Church
Vision screening- Lions Club and old eyeglass collection

Free Flu shots -Free food -Free Prizes- Free Testing

We still need volunteers so call Barbara at 667-2424 if you would like to volunteer.
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Fire Weather

.FIRE WEATHER…AS OF 1:32 PM WEDNESDAY…WATCHES HAVE BEEN
UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNINGS. WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY
HILLS GOES INTO EFFECT AT 11 PM AND RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WARNING FOR THE SANTA CRUZ MTNS…MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO HILLS
STARTS THURSDAY AT 1 PM AND ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WARNING IS TIMED TO START WHEN THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE NAPA HILLS AND THEN OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE NORTH
AND EAST BAY HILLS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. RH VALUES WILL
START OUT MOIST/HIGH INITIALLY BUT SOME CONCERN THAT WINDS COULD
BE STRONGER THAN FORECAST IN FAVORABLE SINKING REGION OF COLD
ADVECTION. FREQUENT WINDS GUSTS 30-45 MPH WITH A NORTHEAST AND DRY
DIRECTION. RH VALUES WILL LOWER THROUGH THE DAY AS WILL WINDS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BUT
WONT BE AS STRONG WHILE RH RECOVERY WILL BE POOR. WARM TO HOT AND
DRY FRIDAY WITH EASING OFFSHORE WINDS BY AFTERNOON.