Category Archives: Weather

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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Old Man River about to flow again

The blog I Heart quoted from today in his post about the forthcoming storms is a goldmine of science and predictions for the interesting weather ahead: After a very prolonged period of benign and mostly dry weather across the entire state brought … Continue reading

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What to wear in October

I was just browsing the weather stats at SantaClaritaWeather.com and saw this: MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 10/2009 HEAT COOL MEAN DEG DEG WIND SPEED DOM MEAN MEAN DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN AVG HI TIME DIR … Continue reading

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