LOL still no rain here. Not even a mist. Storm watch 2008, but no storm to show.

A little while ago the local channel 2 news-tard was standing on the sidewalk talking about how it began to drizzle and then stopped, then he held up a thermometer and explained how the temperature dropped from 60 degrees to 55 degrees in less than two hours. He dramatically described how people were wearing jackets and some were carrying umbrellas to try and stay dry. Wow. Then they showed a news-tardette standing on the beach in Malibu. There was a slight drizzle, but she held up a plastic bag to demonstrate that the wind was blowing. Barely. sure didn't look like much, just a slight breeze. I'm surprized they didn't have a huge fan just off camera to make it seem more dramatic. Then they cut to another tard in silverado canyon near here. Nope, no rain but he went on for 5 minutes about how there is a recommended evacuation in place and in 5 hours it will be a manditory evacuation. But still no rain.
I have to admit, it's only about 53 degrees here we have a 5 mile per hour wind with 7 mph gusts, so I guess that's bad enough to evacuate.
Where do they come up with these people?

Yeah, and let me mention that when I leave work and walk to the parking structure the rain is most likely going to completely wipe out my spikey hair dew!



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Light to medium rain here in Santa Clarita since about 11:30 this morning. For those of you in Rio Linda, that's in the foothills north of downtown Los Angeles by about 25 miles.

OK, I just finished a few days of piloting a jet up and down our lovely state of California and here's what I can tell you. The rain is coming down here to SoCal guys and it is going to be very, very wet and windy.

The winds are blowing briskly out of the East-Southeast right now at LAX which has caused the operation there to switch to an East departure and arrival flow. This does not happen unless something big is on the way. The clouds are layered right now all the way up to Flight Level 370, where it's clear above (for the most part). However, as we flew Northwestward toward the Bay area earlier today the layered clouds became a solid mass from basically 2000 all the way up to FL370 to FL380 (to put that into perspective, that's a solid mass of clouds almost seven miles thick from top to bottom with no layering whatsoever). The jetstream up at altitude is fairly strong over the whole state right now at between 85 knots here in the southern part of the state to over 105 knots over central and northern California. The ride at all altitudes within the clouds is continuous light to moderate turbulence and doesn't abate until just about FL370. The weather in NorCal is as bad as I've seen it in a few years with winds at the ridge level over the Santa Cruz mountains near 80 knots, which created a he11 of a bad ride for the descent and landing into San Jose today for all of us stuck flying in it. In fact, at 1000 feet above the surface, we had 50 knot gusty winds (and heavy rain) blowing at about a 45 degree angle to the runway heading which caused 20 to 30 knot negative airspeed loss wind shear almost all the way down the runway. On the surface, the winds were still blowing hard from the south at 25, gusting to 43 knots (over 50 statute miles per hour) It was not a fun arrival or subsequent departure today to and from the Bay area. Turbulence today was very heavy moderate, bordering on Severe at times. For those of you who are pilots, take a look at some of the PIREPS for SJC today.

Additionally, the Barometric pressures there a few hours ago were about 29.56, which is pretty darn low and is indicative of a strong, deep, well organized low pressure weather system. It'll probably go even lower.

All of this is headed our way and should get here later this evening and tonight.

This is the real deal.

Sam, that is real funny. Have you called in the Federal climate crisis units yet? ;)

For what it´s worth from a durnforner - I like you and Scott very much. You have a great sense of humor! Honestly! :)

Looking a little more threatening now, but still dry.

We've gone from just the high overcast to a mix of higher overcast & low, angry looking cumulus. Definitely something coming. How bad remains to be seen. SBA was reporting heavy rain earlier.

Here's current:

KLGB 042300Z 15012G17KT 10SM FEW012 OVC044 14/11 A3004 RMK AO2

KLGB 042212Z 042218 16009KT P6SM OVC050
FM0200 14020G30KT 2SM RA BR BKN007 OVC015
FM0800 22015G25KT 3SM RA BR OVC010
FM1300 23015KT P6SM BKN035



Not to worry, if it gets bad I'm sure we can count on Bush & FEMA to save us. Just like New Orleans.

For those of you who are pilots or who can read these reports, here are some recent Pireps (Pilot Reports) for NorCal area airports:

MRY UUA /OV MRY /TM 1801 /FL020 /TP E145 /TB SVR BLO 020 /RM
CORRECTION LLWS -40 KTS FAP 10R=

OAK UUA /OV OAK/TM 1815/FLUNKN/TP B737/RM LLWS +/- 25KT ON FINAL
ZOA CWSU=

SBP UUA /OV SBP /TM 2025 /FL011 /TP CRJ2 /RM LLWS -30 KTS FAP RY
30=


Look at all of the SJC reports (and most were left unpublished):

SJC UA /OV SJC /TM 2001 /FLUNKN /TP MD80 /RM 12R BA FAIR=

SJC UUA /OV SJC /TM 2003 /FL020 /TP LJ45 /TB MOD-SVR /RM DURC 12L=

SJC UA /OV SJC /TM 1952 /FL000 /TP E135 /TB MOD /RM RWY 12L DURC
MODERATE OR GREATER=

SJC UUA /OV SJC /TM 1946 /FL020 /TP MD80 /RM LLWS +50KT LNDG
12R=

SJC UUA /OV SJC /TM 1930 /FLUNKN /TP B737 /RM LLWS +30KT TKOF
12=

SJC UUA /OV SJC /TM 1844 /FLUNKN /TP E135 /RM LLWS +/-25KT FAP 12R=

so Sam, who's the dufus - the reporter or the person watching the news report? ;)

Truth is, if you're male and you're NOT watching the news report every chance you get to see Jackie Johnson, MaryBeth McDade (my personl favorite) or the new one.....Elita, Evita, whomever....well then,....you just may be gay.....not that there's anything wrong with that;):D

Sam, you will probably have to east your words this time. This is a very, very powerful winter storm (I unfortunately just had to fly in it). It's coming down the coast and will be here later today. Whether or not it hits quite as hard as it has up north is uncertain, but it won't be a lamb, for sure.

Dan, I hear you big time. We finally have some lookers to stare at while trying to watch the weather reports. Yum. ;)

let's see, I could *watch* some woman with too much makeup on tv, or could actually *touch* my hottie g/f on the couch or in bed.

hmm...which side of that equation is gay? :p

Oh wonderful... everyone has gone home...

AND LEFT ME IN CHARGE OF THE MUSEUM!

This could be interesting. ;)

Don't worry the kids are safe... I will most likely spend the next hour perusing pelican perpetuating pithy pandering petulantly provoking poopyheads.

Then I will drive home at five... hope I don't get stuck.

I'd say you're gay if when given your obvious better "hottie" option, you're online, exchanging weather-related barbs with the lot of us. :p

I trust Scott in this fray. Pilots know weather.

Jackie Johnson looks better, though. Especially when in a tidy teddy w/ friend:D
http://lonewacko.com/images/JackiePajama.jpg

Game, set and match!:D Most defintely, "your advantage"

Oh and I'm with dd74....what are you doing here....get busy son!

Do we need a poll on all this gay weather crap?

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Mary Beth McDade
Mary Beth is currently working for CBS 2 News/KCAL 9 News as a general assignment reporter. She's no stranger to Los Angeles though. Prior to joining the CBS 2/KCAL 9 News team, she was a freelance reporter at Fox 11 News in L.A.

Mary Beth is also familiar with the New York market. She worked at News 12 Long Island where she was nominated for a New York Emmy and won several prestigious journalism awards.



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Jackie Johnson
Jackie Johnson joined KCAL 9 and sister station CBS 2 in October 2004. She serves as KCAL 9's weathercaster on the station's weeknight 8, 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts. In addition, she is involved in a variety of special projects for both KCAL 9 and CBS 2.

Johnson previously was a weathercaster and reporter for WSVN-TV in Miami since September 2001. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter and weekend weather anchor for WCTV-TV in Tallahassee, Florida. A native of Plymouth, Michigan, Johnson attended the University of Southern Alabama, concentrating on meteorology, and then went on to Middle Tennessee State University to get her degree in broadcast journalism.

Mary Beth is cuter now. She lost some of her severity/gained some softness, etc.

But dammnnn does she have a sexy voice. She'd make a blind man (fill in the blank)!

They've been talking about it for a week, saying we should expect three strong storms with the first one hitting yesterday afternoon. It didn't. Plus it seems like most of the time it doesn't get to this part of the OC with any strength, most of it stays further north. I remember the last storm they told us about last month, supposed to be land slides and flash floods, all it did was dirty up my windshield a little bit.

They are making a huge deal out of potential rain. They are going out of their way trying to make it seem like it is worse than it is. they are trying to create news, not report news and that is wrong.
I can't get excited about rain (unless I have to commute in it).

Anyone here remember so cal in the early 70's? I can't remember exactly what year, might have been 72. A tropical depression from baja, Now that was rain. Came down hard for 10 days straight with no let up. People started building arks.

Back when I was your age .... ;)

she left at 10am this am. Is working on her next installation piece and won't be back over until tonight. So for now all I have to do is avoid work, buy some groceries to cook for dinner (stir fry) tonight, and win more points on "The Pelican is Right (Write)"