Category Archives: Weather

Hot? Cheap? Then try this

Are you so miserly with your money that you wait to turn on the AC until your home feels like a sauna? Welcome to the club! No one wants to pay Edison several hundred a month just to live comfortably. … Continue reading

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Sunrays

It has now been one week AES-SCV (after epic snowstorm scv). Expect me to mark the anniversary often with shots like this.

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More snow possible today

Yesterday’s snowfall may have a sequel. The National Weather Service says more snow is “likely” for the Santa Clarita Valley today before 4pm: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY JUST NORTH OF VENTURA COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS … Continue reading

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Snow New Years in SCV!

I was skeptical, but I, along with a hundred Twitter friends of mine, can confirm that big, glorious, unique snowflakes are falling on the SCV this afternoon. Not just in the mountains around Acton or in the Newhall pass. No. … Continue reading

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2010 literally blowing away

I heard on the radio this morning that a wind gauge at the top of Whittaker Peak, west of Castaic, recorded a 96 mph wind gust at around 3:30am today. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service says the temperature in the … Continue reading

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Videos for August

I can’t believe how cool August has been in the SCV. On a Sunday morning bike ride, some friends and I remarked how out-of-character the clouds were. YouTuber JC Megabyte must have thought the same thing because he headed out … Continue reading

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Heatpocalypse Upon Us, Shelter in Place!

Those of you who have read this blog for years know that one of my favorite things to do is bitch about summer time heat waves. And so the tradition continues today with this warning from the National Weather Service: … Continue reading

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Wondrous Weather

The clouds lingered a bit today, the breeze tempered an otherwise warm day… then at about 7:25pm PDT, this hit: I haven’t lived in SCV long enough to get the proper local perspective, but as a native southern Californian, I … Continue reading

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Spring Already?

Punxsutawney Phil, the famous gopher of Gobbler’s Knob Pennyslvania, may have seen his shadow thus indicating six more weeks of winter, but here in Santa Clarita it feels like spring is already underway. At least by my house. I spotted … Continue reading

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Forget Cycling, today I took the canoe

For once, the doppler jockies didn’t overestimate it…StormTracker 2010 Heads on a Stick is truly turning out to be a blockbuster storm: As usual, Weather Underground has the best animated doo-hickeys that help you track the storm’s progress. There’s minor … Continue reading

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