It feels like snow

5:00 pm – so much for Accuweather today. No snow. No rain. Just clouds. Could be rain before dawn, but who really knows? Even Weatherunderground said 90% chance of rain today. It’s really voodo, so we need a witch doctor, not a Meterologist!

11:55 – it now says it will snow in 5 mins, but I doubt it. It is only partially cloudy, and there is sunshine at the moment.

10:00 am – from my accuweather app:

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8:30 am – It is only down to 36 degrees, but it feels like I could get snow up here later today. It is only 49 inside, so I’m working on warmth this morning … Built up the fire, but it takes time. My only other thoughts today are to keep the two alpha females from fighting. It’s a simple life I am leading at the moment.

A white Christmas?

From my SLO Meterologist:

“Another cold Gulf of Alaska storm is expected to arrive
just before Christmas with the possibility of relatively
low-elevation snow. This active pattern could possibly
continue through the end of the year.”

I’ll be working on the firewood this week!

One lane of Highway One to close Tuesday

Today’s Date: Monday, December 14, 2015
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa
Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWAY 1 LANE CLOSURE NORTH OF LUCIA TOMORROW FOR TREE REMOVAL

MONTEREY COUNTY – An emergency project to remove a fallen tree on northbound Highway 1 approximately
one-mile north of Lucia will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Motorists will encounter one-way reversing traffic control with flaggers from 8 am to 2:30 pm. Motorists can expect
a delay not to exceed 15 minutes.

Caltrans will remove this tree as a result of recent rain in the area.

This tree removal will be performed by the Caltrans Willow Springs and Salinas Tree crews.

Lost Dog -FOUND

imageKate Healy’s dog, Kas, went on walkabout in the rain yesterday and has not returned. She was last seen yesterday morning at the Partington back road. She is the large white Turkish dog in this photo. She does have a collar and tags. Let’s bring her home.

Long story, Ashley, who commented below has been in contact today, Tuesday, with Kate Healey. Dog and owner will soon be reunited. Ashley was traveling through and after finding Kas, took her home to Sacto rather than worrying about the dog in a pound. Nice job, everyone!

 

New Storm almost here

12:15 pm – up to .80″ so far today. Currently raining at the rate of 2.72″ an hour. Lordy!

Here is the radar from about 10 am – there are branches, bushes, and sparking wires on roadways in MoCo and SC Co. I’m sure there are rocks on Highway One in Big Sur, but nothing specific reported. It’s about to begin again.

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December 11 Swell

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The top photo shows water breaking over the fence line and onto the 17 Mile Drive at Cypress Point.

The bottom image is Bird Rock in the Del Monte Forest along the 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach today. The swell dwarfed the rock.

Weather Report, 12/11/15

image8:30 am – I currently have a mixture of sun, clouds, and thunder – only one, but loud! I got almost 3/4″ yesterday, and another .16″ this morning. We are at 1.30″ for the month, and 6.30″ for the year.

If Mike Morales is able to get any sun this am up his way in Carmel, he will be out grabbing some big waves shots for your viewing this afternoon. 33′ at Point Sur at 11 pm last night! I’ll also be updating this weather report as necessary, throughout the day.

 

 

CPOA annual meeting

Save the date! The Big Sur Coast Property Owners Association will conduct its 2015, year-end Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 15th from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM at the Big Sur Grange Hall.

NEW INFO: Ms. Casey Lucius, one of the announced candidates for the US Senate seat now held by Sam Farr will introduce herself at this meeting. You may ask questions and get some insight on her positions to issues as they may affect the Big Sur Community.

Representatives from the US Forest Service will be on hand to report and take questions from the audience on news and issues affecting local residents.

Supervisor Potter will be on hand as well as a Monterey County Planning Official to update the new Short Term Rental ordinance process.

State Senator Bill Monning has been invited and may attend if possible. There will also be an update on the community process for aligning the California Coastal Trail through the Big Sur planning area.

All Big Sur residents are encouraged to attend.

Rain Report, 12/10/15

8:30 am – It began at 3 am, soft, gentle, only s few sprinkles. By Dawn, it was only .04″. After 7 am, it picked up, but while still gentle, it was steady. It is up to .31″ so far. Nice. The reports I read indicated this would start this afternoon. Caught me, but I was ready anyway. Nice fire going … Started the back up genie for a couple hours to make sure I have power all day, and all but one of the dogs inside. Have unseen movies, but need more books for winter. Recommendations gladly accepted.

PNW to get hammered, and Northern Cali, too. Here on the Central Coast, we will be less so. This storm to last through Friday, with temps dropping, another one Sunday through Monday with temps continuing to drop and snow possible by Monday. And so it begins … The parade of winter storms under the direction of El Niño 2015-2016.

El Niño gearing up

Daniel Swain, of Weather West, whose great blog is found here, has confirmed that this week El Niño is making its way into Northern California. He has this to say:

“First, I want to reassure everyone that reports of El Niño’s demise have been -greatly exaggerated-demonstrably false. Very much to the contrary, El Niño is presently maintaining its record-breaking peak intensity, and temperature anomalies in the key Niño 3.4 region of the tropical Pacific Ocean are higher on both a weekly and monthly basis than they have been at any time since at least the 1950s (surpassing even the 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 events). Clearly, an extremely strong El Niño remains deeply entrenched in the Pacific–and, as I’ll discuss shortly, California weather impacts are starting to emerge.”

Our local forecast is for rain to begin Thursday afternoon/evening and continue into Friday, with another storm possible on Sunday. Most of us have been getting ready for months. Now we will find out how ready we really are. I bought myself a radio/flashlight that has the Monterey Weather station on it that runs via solar power or hand crank. It can even charge my cell phone, if necessary! Extra wool socks and heavy leggings were tucked in my Amazon box, too (as well as some things for others).