Due to COVID restrictions, many of us will miss the skies lighting up with fireworks this 4th of July but though the celebrations will be atypical the weather will quickly shift this week into a more traditional summer pattern. Heat surges up through the center of the country over the next couple of days and…
This past weekend, a number of communities in the West experienced the devastating result of combining fireworks and winds. One of those became very personal for me as I was up until 3am Sunday morning helping my daughter and her family. They spotted flames on a nearby hillside just after midnight. The fire was started…
By Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson The beaches are gradually opening in California this Memorial Day weekend and just in time. We will need to find places to cool down as the forecast models are showing a quick build of an upper-level ridge over the West Coast. And it won’t be going anywhere too soon. The…
by Meteorologist Kerry Anderson, Video and photography by Taro Amano. Last night I stood on the sand at Zuma Beach and witnessed the greatest light show I have seen (sorry Disney, nature trumps anything you can produce). The combination of a full moon and light eddy circulation made for perfect conditions to view bioluminescent algae…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson Yesterday the models were forecasting some low teens Southerly winds for the San Diego area. I have been around long enough to know that due to the alignment of the mountains to the east of the city, and the funneling effect that they have when the winds turn south that…
by Meteorologist Kerry Anderson This past weekend my husband and I visited Death Valley National Park. How did I miss this gem? I guess the name and reports of the hottest temperatures in the nation don’t exactly make for great PR. But it was awesome. We encountered really strong south winds which of course meant…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Anderson Saturday the wind profile for California’s Central Coast and inside the Bight were dramatically different. Onshore flow increased from Santa Barbara to San Diego cooling temperatures and squelching sea breeze activity. Consequently, winds have been anemic. Meanwhile, the Central Coast beaches spent much the day with winds in the upper teens…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson The media is talking about a “Bomb Cyclone” on the West Coast. Does this mean imminent destruction? View the following presentation for more info on this very interesting storm and how it relates to all the eddies we had this past summer. https://spark.adobe.com/page/kya0DDY4Zytm3/
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson I have now lived in Southern California for over 20 years and still miss the traditional “fall” weather that is experienced if you lived in a higher latitude. The joke is told though that California has it’s own 4 seasons – Earthquake, Fire, Flood and Drought. If that is the…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson As we start to move into the heart of fall we expect the North Pacific High to slide further south and that is exactly what we are seeing this weekend and the reason the Central Coast is enjoying such strong winds. Saturday’s pressure maps showed a 1028mb High centered to…