I’m cringing so hard at the timing and weather conditions
Gahhhh
I hope everyone stays safe and can be someplace warm.
They are fine, my sister-in-law lives a few doors down so they’re crashing there
My in-laws are the least-vulnerable folks (family nearby and they are loaded with all sorts of options for dealing), it just highlighted how dangerous this storm is (they have a new furnace, even!)
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I still can't get to even the sidewalk from my apartment. Anything that was wet is still ice.
It was a goddamn 18°C (over 64°F) here on new year's eve. Record temperature for basically everywhere in the country since the beginning of recordings.
The mean daily high for the last 30 years is 6°C, for hot days 12°C. Just for comparison.
It was a goddamn 18°C (over 64°F) here on new year's eve. Record temperature for basically everywhere in the country since the beginning of recordings.
The mean daily high for the last 30 years is 6°C, for hot days 12°C. Just for comparison.
My crackpot theory is that the void left behind up north after the jet stream made the vortex detour over southern North America allowed for a pooling together of stable warm air so we got the opposite of a bomb cyclone
This new pattern has to be good for crops right?
Basically the jet stream has no well-defined “river banks” over North America (or the far northwestern “European archipelago” I guess?) so it just pisses and sloshes all over pushing and pulling alternating cold and warm air everywhere it never used to go
Captain Inertia on
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And it's only going to get more erratic and unpredictable each year as warming intensifies. What fun!
Soil likes a consistent winter. It gives time for things to decompose and ground snow helps trap mositure to provide a good growing season once spring arrives. Having a a wildy inconisistent winter is a negative since it doesn't allow early planting and decreases soil quality.
Plus we have things which only can be harvested with specific temprature changes. So things like maple syrup ( freezing nights, 40f days ) or ice-wine would become rarer.
Soil likes a consistent winter. It gives time for things to decompose and ground snow helps trap mositure to provide a good growing season once spring arrives. Having a a wildy inconisistent winter is a negative since it doesn't allow early planting and decreases soil quality.
Plus we have things which only can be harvested with specific temprature changes. So things like maple syrup ( freezing nights, 40f days ) or ice-wine would become rarer.
So anyone who's in California, make sure a) you're prepared if you lose power (because there's gonna be some crazy wind), and b) you know what to do if you're in a floodplain.
Because good lord is there going to be some flooding.
My company has told everyone to stay put and not come into the office. The prediction is that the north bay is gonna get hit hardest, but nobody's willing to put money on what's gonna happen in the east so I guess we'll just have to wait and find out.
So anyone who's in California, make sure a) you're prepared if you lose power (because there's gonna be some crazy wind), and b) you know what to do if you're in a floodplain.
Because good lord is there going to be some flooding.
Oh, you wanted water, California? Sure thing, will do
**monkey's paw curls**
This so much. California has had such an extended drought that this much water all at once is not going to be good -at all.- Stay safe everyone.
hopefully it's cold enough and stays cold enough long enough that we get some real snowpack for the next year.
Also need it to stay cold because if the valley is already flooding, and then the same rain storm goes up and is warm enough to rain in the Sierras/melt the snow there you get floodpocalypse down in the valley.
IE why all the drainage engineers I knew when I lived there made sure to buy houses in the hills and not the valley floor.
Seems this upcoming one is a snower from what I've read, thankfully
Yard came close to flooding with last weeks big rain so got some sand bags this time and a plan to pump excess water out. Except the pump we got doesn't actually work and there was no chance in hell of finding another one before the rain. So here's hoping those bags are enough.
Made it through the night with no real water intrusion, but a heck of a lake in the yard.
Receeded enough in the break that I think the extra bit of rain going on now won't get worse than last night did.
Have a second pump now so when it calms down this afternoon I'll try it out. If I can get that working then Saturday/Monday's storms should be good to go.
Yeah, last night was windy (we actually got woken up at 3-3:30 am from the noise), but no local damage and maybe only an inch of rain, ish? Guessing we'll get another half inch before all is said and done.
Then a break until Saturday and the waves keep on coming.
It's kinda hilarious looking at some of the extreme far-outlook models (this is model hour 384, so 16 days out, which should be treated as "absolutely not a reliable forecast"), but just look at this - the train just doesn't stop
Yesterday I learned that "Atomspheric River" used to be called "Pineapple Express"
Pineapple Express is just a category of AR, the most common type that CA got. They're specifically where the moisture came from Hawaii. I think if the moisture comes from the Philippines it's technically called a Mango Express?
Anyway, ARs happen all over the globe - Europe just got one recently, I think. The 2020 flooding in central Europe was from one, if memory serves.
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They are fine, my sister-in-law lives a few doors down so they’re crashing there
My in-laws are the least-vulnerable folks (family nearby and they are loaded with all sorts of options for dealing), it just highlighted how dangerous this storm is (they have a new furnace, even!)
god i wish 40 was top here, that would be so nice
it hits 45 in summer now
So we got some rain.
The mean daily high for the last 30 years is 6°C, for hot days 12°C. Just for comparison.
My crackpot theory is that the void left behind up north after the jet stream made the vortex detour over southern North America allowed for a pooling together of stable warm air so we got the opposite of a bomb cyclone
This new pattern has to be good for crops right?
Basically the jet stream has no well-defined “river banks” over North America (or the far northwestern “European archipelago” I guess?) so it just pisses and sloshes all over pushing and pulling alternating cold and warm air everywhere it never used to go
Soil likes a consistent winter. It gives time for things to decompose and ground snow helps trap mositure to provide a good growing season once spring arrives. Having a a wildy inconisistent winter is a negative since it doesn't allow early planting and decreases soil quality.
Plus we have things which only can be harvested with specific temprature changes. So things like maple syrup ( freezing nights, 40f days ) or ice-wine would become rarer.
Oh yeah I was being sarcastic af
Because good lord is there going to be some flooding.
Here's the current 2-week total outlook:
From famine to feast.
Fucking... shitballs. I have to work in that.
**monkey's paw curls**
At least I don't have to be concerned about flooding I guess
This so much. California has had such an extended drought that this much water all at once is not going to be good -at all.- Stay safe everyone.
Everyone's favorite time of the year after Fire Season: Mudslide Season!
hopefully it's cold enough and stays cold enough long enough that we get some real snowpack for the next year.
It's certainly an attention grabber, isn't it?
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Also need it to stay cold because if the valley is already flooding, and then the same rain storm goes up and is warm enough to rain in the Sierras/melt the snow there you get floodpocalypse down in the valley.
IE why all the drainage engineers I knew when I lived there made sure to buy houses in the hills and not the valley floor.
Seems this upcoming one is a snower from what I've read, thankfully
is it too late to call my boss and tell him i have a bad case of bofa and i can't make it to work
the drive home looks like it's gonna be bad
Yard came close to flooding with last weeks big rain so got some sand bags this time and a plan to pump excess water out. Except the pump we got doesn't actually work and there was no chance in hell of finding another one before the rain. So here's hoping those bags are enough.
Receeded enough in the break that I think the extra bit of rain going on now won't get worse than last night did.
Have a second pump now so when it calms down this afternoon I'll try it out. If I can get that working then Saturday/Monday's storms should be good to go.
Then a break until Saturday and the waves keep on coming.
It's kinda hilarious looking at some of the extreme far-outlook models (this is model hour 384, so 16 days out, which should be treated as "absolutely not a reliable forecast"), but just look at this - the train just doesn't stop
Pineapple Express is just a category of AR, the most common type that CA got. They're specifically where the moisture came from Hawaii. I think if the moisture comes from the Philippines it's technically called a Mango Express?
Anyway, ARs happen all over the globe - Europe just got one recently, I think. The 2020 flooding in central Europe was from one, if memory serves.
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=ORO
Shasta and Trinity are still lagging - but the next couple ones seem aimed a bit more north, so...fingers crossed?
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=SHA
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=CLE
Those are the three largest reservoirs in the state. If you want to round out all others over 2m acre-feet:
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=NML
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=SNL
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/ResDetail?resid=DNP
if only we could make them do a U turn back into the mountains. Come on scientists, figure it out!