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NEW WEATHERMAN

I am a weather nut. I want to know it all.

In Boston, there was plenty to satisfy me.

Here, not so much.

"Clear, dry, breezy"

Day after day. Only the temperature changes.

But now, the local agricultural outfit, the water district, has a new weather guy.

Not many people realize that we live on the edge of one of the most fertile agricultural areas in the country. The eastern Coachella Valley (our valley) and the Imperial Valley just south and east of us. We have big irrigation—the District— and also need to know things like the transpiration rate and any hazards to harvest.

That is why he is there.

Look at today's report.

Discussion...

Warm front spreading quite a bit of cloudiness over So California now. Very unorganized moisture swath overhead. Lots of Virga falling aloft, but not reaching the surface. Scattered sprinkles may occur today. A cold front will sag thru by Friday AM, and some cool, dry W-NW winds behind front. This should dry out and cool off the nights, thus 39F possible for the Thermal area by Saturday AM.

Extended Forecast...

The jet stream is being forced northward again by developing high pressure systems due west of California. I believe they are called stationary or blocking Hadley Cells. Once the jet synchronizes with the warm ocean temps..just in and around Hawaii, a warm plume should develop, and that should begin to break down the blocking high.

Current Weather Obs In the Coachella Valley:

Palm Springs: Clouds, 67F RH 29% Wind NW 5mph.
Thermal: Cloudy, 57F RH 62% Winds N 3mph.

Now this is meat. I got two things to look up. Hadley Cells and Virga.

I will let you do your own research.

Every day it is like this. Excellent.

I live in fear that some bureaucrat is going to tell him to smooth it out and cut it down. I have written several praiseful emails to him to let him know that I am ready to fight any of the bastards off who try to edit and censor him.

Weather. You can't get much better stuff to think about. It is all around us. It affects our disposition. It will rain on our parade.

You gotta know about it.

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