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]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 5 Supplemental Data Tables
The data tables below were prepared for the WeatherUnderground writeup of October, 2016. Incorporated in Table A are the average daily maximums for Death Valley… [Read More]
October 10, 2016 San Nicolas Island photography
I had my tripod with me out on the island on this visit, so I was able to get some decent long-exposure shots of… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record — Part 4 Historic Heat Waves
PART FOUR — HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION This part was becoming large and unwieldy, so I have broken it up into… [Read More]
August 20, 2016 Westlake Village sunset
A large wildfire was in progress on this afternoon, well to my west, in Santa Barbara County. Even though it was more than 70… [Read More]
August 11, 2016 Perseids from Chuchupate
The Perseid meteor shower was likely to be a lot better this year — so said the folks who presumably know these things. The… [Read More]
July 1, 2016 Acoma, NM Rain Blob
June 30 was my final chase day of the season with Tempest Tours. Chris Gullikson took over the tour directing duties, and I headed… [Read More]
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