Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific set up separate temperature-measuring instrumentation at the official Death Valley/Furnace Creek weather station in May, 2021. The purpose was, in… [Read More]
December 12, 2021 Some planes at LAX
Guess what?! Some jet airplane pictures to share! This first image was taken a week earlier.
November 27, 2021 San Nicolas Island North Coast and Elephant Seals
On this date, I moseyed downhill (down Cardiac Hill!) to the rugged north-side coast of San Nicolas Island. Yes, the foxes were near my… [Read More]
November 25, 2021 San Nicolas Island Airport, ASOS, and Wind Turbines
I had an enjoyable Thanksgiving (November 25) on San Nicolas Island, including a bike ride from Nicktown to the airport and then up… [Read More]
November 26, 2021 San Nicolas Island Fata Morgana
I walked from Nicktown to a cliff/overlook to the north on this afternoon, actually hoping to observe the “Fata Morgana” optical illusion. And, it… [Read More]
November 12, 2021 LAX pics
Yes, there is a huge backlog of good LAX stuff just waiting to get on Stormbruiser. In the meantime, here are some shots during… [Read More]
Death Valley July 2021 Heatwave Analysis
January 5, 2022 update — adding more analysis and comparisons of additional stations in the region…about halfway done with that… Image above: The Death Valley… [Read More]
October 4, 2021 Lightning Show from San Nicolas Island!
A cutoff upper-level low pressure system was forecast to approach Southern California from the southwest on Monday. I was out on San Nicolas… [Read More]
September 24, 2021 Planes at LAX
It has been a while since I have posted some images from LAX. Friday afternoon was interesting in that thunderstorms developed southeast of LAX,… [Read More]
August 25, 2021 New Weather Station in Death Valley, at Badwater!
Stop the presses — the National Weather Service has installed a new online weather station at the hottest spot in Death Valley, which also… [Read More]
July 10, 2021 Hot Drive to Death Valley, and a high of 129.4F!
A very warm airmass was forecast to build over the Death Valley region beginning about July 8. Heights of 6000 meters at the 500… [Read More]
Record Hot Death Valley Heat Wave, July 9-12, 2021 (Data and Charts)
On the weekend of the 108th anniversary of the bogus 134F maximum temperature report in Death Valley, a very high-end heat wave… [Read More]
July 8, 2021 Death Valley Will Be Scorching This Weekend!
A hot upper high will smother the Death Valley region this weekend (July 9-12, 2021), with highs well into 120s expected at the official station… [Read More]
July 2, 2021 JayEm Supercell!
Start: La Junta, CO/lunch: Limon Arbys and Taco Bell/End: Torrington/411 miles This was the final day of 6-day Tour 8. We had to… [Read More]
July 1, 2021 Two Strong Storms! Hugoton and La Junta are General Thundered
Start: Perryton/lunch: Hugoton McDonalds/End: La Junta/433 miles Despite the bottom-of-the-barrel weather pattern, today we managed to observe a couple of reasonably good storms…. [Read More]
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