The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that the La Nina pattern has developed. This phenomena involves a cooling of the surface of the Pacific Ocean near the equator. This pattern is known to cause a series of chain reactions resulting in a longer hurricane season in the…
A few weeks ago Northern California was rocked by huge power outages which PG&E hoped would prevent wildfires ignited by tree limbs falling on power lines. At the time weather conditions included heavy wind storms, drying out an already extremely dry landscape, raising the fire danger high enough to make…
California’s 2019 fire season is all set to surpass 2018’s massive wildfire that destroyed Paradise CA. Almost every year for the last 10 years there’s been a new biggest wildfire of California’s history, only to be beaten by the one a year later. Last year the Camp Fire was ignited…
It never rains in southern California in the summer – isn’t there a song which says that? Having lived in California for 25 years, it’s true, summertime is one long period of blue sunny skies every day and no rain. It actually gets a bit boring having fabulous weather day…
On Monday, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization posted it’s yearly report on the climate: WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2013. The report doesn’t mince words, it clearly says that human-induced climate change is causing higher global temperatures and more extreme weather events. The climate changes…
Over the weekend a big landslide struck Oso, WA, located on the Stillaguamish River about an hour north of Seattle. It’s a tragedy of large order, with several already confirmed dead, reports from emergency workers saying it’s worse than has yet been reported, whole neighborhoods wiped out, etc. I’ll pop in…
