There is a unique and goofy-looking plant on San Nicolas Island, called a “giant coreopsis.” Your teacher in biology or ecology class would probably… [Read More]
March 21, 2017 San Joaquin Valley storm chase
Start — home, Westlake Village End — home, Westlake Village 635 miles Several strong storms near Chowchilla in Madera County, and a nice supercell… [Read More]
March 13, 2017 Fogbow at San Nicolas Island
Dense fog is not uncommon on San Nicolas Island, where I work as a weather observer at the airport. On Monday, March 13, a… [Read More]
March 12, 2017 Corral Harbor of San Nicolas Island
On my jaunt to the coast to photograph the flowers on San Nicolas Island, the fog made for some interesting landscape photography at Corral… [Read More]
March 12, 2017 San Nicolas Island Coastal Living Creatures
March of 2017 was a good month to explore the north coast of San Nicolas Island. This entry is for the seals and crabs… [Read More]
February 17, 2017 Local Rain Storm Pics
A big and wet winter storm blew through the local area today (Westlake Village and vicinity), and I took a drive during the mid-afternoon… [Read More]
February 17, 2017 Wind and rain storm in Westlake Village
This is a study of the weather conditions during the heavy storm that impacted Southern California, notably coastal Los Angeles and Ventura counties, on February… [Read More]
January 29, 2017 Sunset and Moonset at San Nicolas Island
The weather was nice, so why not go to the top of the island with the tripod and camera bag to shoot the sunset?… [Read More]
January 27, 2017 Rock Crusher Surf San Nicolas Island
A fairly large swell was impacting the California coast on this day, and I had the day off while stuck on San Nicolas Island…. [Read More]
January 10, 2017 Eastern Sierra Nevada Lenticular Clouds
I try to get out to the desert a couple of times every winter for some photography, especially when westerly flow at mid-levels of the… [Read More]
January 7, 2017 Thunderstorm on the Oxnard Plain
By late afternoon today, radar and satellite showed a good-sized thunderstorm well to the WSW of Pt. Conception and moving to the east. … [Read More]
2016 Storm Chase Season Summary
My chase season for 2016 as the tour director for Tempest Tours was quite satisfying. First and foremost, our company guides drove safely, they… [Read More]
November 18, 2016 Death Valley Temperature Record Blog on WU
If you have looked through my web site, then you have probably come across my write-ups on the world’s record high temperature of 134F… [Read More]
November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Corral Harbor
On the north coast of San Nicolas Island is Corral Harbor. There is a narrow entrance from the ocean on the north side, and… [Read More]
November 5, 2016 San Nicolas Island Sea Lions — no, wait — they are Elephant Seals!
On this day on San Nicolas Island, I rode my bike from Nicktown to the north coast, a little northwest of the “town.” There… [Read More]
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