by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson The internet has been filled with video and images of the Haboob- the dust storm that pushed through Arizona on Tuesday as a line of thunderstorms rolled up from the south. Well there is more than one way to record the storm and at WindAlert our specialty is recording wind events on our…
By Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson A large dome of High pressure has covered California this week. The descending air creates a cap on the atmosphere, keeping cooler boundary layer air from escaping. Along the coast the descending warmer air squashes the marine airmass. This limits the height of any marine layer fog and stratus that may…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson With the marine layer clouds so well formed we have the perfect conditions to pick out wind patterns by viewing the satellite picture. This morning a large eddy has developed centered northwest of Catalina Island. The following satellite picture clearly shows the swirl of clouds moving west along the Santa…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson Let’s play the children’s game of finding what is the different about the two pictures above. Well it won’t take you too long to notice that there has not been much change in the clouds and the winds here today. Like many So Cal residents I am at the beach…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson The Marine Layer has been the starring attraction of our forecasts the last few days. I know I have devoted a lot time determining the depth of the layer, how far it will move inland and when it will burn off and then a of print space communicating that information…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Anderson Springtime for Southern California is of course marked by flowers and blossoms like most locations but it also spells a return of the prevailing NorthWesterlies. Mike Godsey detailed the formation of these winds a few weeks ago so I won’t go in more depth than to say that as the SubTropical…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Anderson When I was in college there was a running joke with the other departments with regard to when to schedule their annual picnic. It was said that if you wanted to have the best chance to enjoy sunshine at the picnic then don’t schedule it on the same day as the…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Anderson Winds are steadily climbing across Southern California with high winds sweeping in from the north. And these speeds look to go even higher which is not the way things usually work with our winds. Usually, at this time of the year, our wind speeds max out in the mid afternoon when there is…
by Meteorologist Kerry Anderson We all know what a river looks like; a flow of liquid water encased by a bank of soil. Well there is another type of river that you need to know about this weekend if you live in Northern California. You won’t find it near the ground but way up in the…
By Meteorologist Kerry Anderson My forecast shift at Weatherflow ended on a Tuesday. Just 72 hours ago I made sure to check the Mexican Tropics to see if there was any possibility of a storm that might develop that could bring sub tropical moisture up into Southern California. There was a small disturbance that the…