Although California isn’t in a drought emergency anymore, the trees still take time to rehydrate. Trees in the area became dried out as a result of the drought. The issue of having fires in January can be linked to the nearly 8-year drought California experienced within the last decade, according to Garcia. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file) 15 as a northwest swell that continued to roll powerful sets onto the Santa Cruz County coastline. Waves crash along East Cliff Drive in Pleasure Point Dec. Violent winds across the county resulted in several downed trees, power lines and wildfires, which forced approximately 120 homes to be evacuated in the Boulder Creek, Aptos Hills and Watsonville areas and left nearly 24,000 residents without power across the county. “That pattern we typically don’t see this time of year.” “When we set up that pressure differential, that’s when we get strong winds,” Garcia said. The collision of different temperatures and pressures create extreme weather events. However, that jet stream dived south and collided with the warm, high-pressure bubble that was sitting over the Bay Area. Usually, the jet stream hits the Pacific Northwest and creates storms there. This is what causes the storms in the north and the swells along the coast. In La Niña years, a low-pressure jet stream sweeps the north Pacific. “We were sitting under a bubble of high pressure,” Garcia said. Temperatures in the area averaged in the 70s with clear skies, which is unseasonably warm for January, which is about 10 degrees to 15 degrees warmer than normal. Warm weather and sunshine graced the greater Bay Area, as the beaches packed with people and residents went for walks in shorts and t-shirts, last week. Typically, the swell brings storms with it, but this year the California coast got the benefit of the big swells and got to enjoy nice weather. Sometimes that activity passes the contiguous United States and head toward Hawai’i, in other cases, it hits landfall sooner in California, he said. In a La Niña year, the North Pacific becomes very active with storms, which creates a lot of ocean activity. The waves are the result of this being a La Niña year, according to Garcia. Note that this is just one model so while it may be very accurate for days 1-3, take it with a grain of salt towards day 5.People at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz are enveloped in a thick fog on the morning of Jan. Other parameters available for your viewing interest include relative humidity, cloud cover, intensity of sunlight (dependant on both cloud cover and season), and precipitation. Add up each symbol to get the total wind (two large dashes plus one small dash would mean 25 mph winds for example). Each triangular flag represents 50 mph worth of wind. Each small dash represents 5 mph while each large dash represents 10 mph. Note that the wind blows from the side of the barbs containing the little dashes so if the dash is to the NE of the dot, you’re looking at a NE wind. The second panel shows winds and wind gusts. The first panel shows temperatures and overall weather conditions (sunny, cloudy, rainy, etc.). This product is designed to give you a quick look at everything you need to know for the next 3-5 days of weather. Adfree Plus (with extra features) Extra.Lake Murray, Ardmore OK (WeatherOK, USA).Base reflectivity (with archive since 1991).Radar & Lightning Radar & Lightning Radar.Forecast Ensemble Heatmaps (Up to 5 models, multiple runs, graph up to 16 days) EXTRA. Forecast Ensemble (Up to 5 models, multiple runs, graph up to 16 days).Forecast XL (Graph and table up to 10 days - choose your model).14 day forecast (ECMWF-IFS/EPS, graphs with ranges).Meteograms (Graph 3-5 days - choose your model).Weather overview (Next hours and days, 14 day forecast).Tropical cyclone tracks (ECMWF/Ensemble).
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