Forward...into the past!

Ah, the third season of weather Los Angeles experiences: Wind. (After the lovely seasons of Mudslides and blistering Heat and before Fire).

And boy, is it blowing! According to the local (very local: independent weather stations within a mile of my house), the average windspeed is about 15+mph, with consistent gusts between 30-40mph. The fastest gust so far: 59.5mph (that's 95.75kph for you metric types). Thank goodness the humidity is still high (about 50%). They're saying that we could get gusts up to 80mph tonight.

This makes dogwalk iffy: the last time we walked when it was blustery (not nearly this bad), the air was thick with dust. It looked clear until you shined your light into the night and the mica and sand made the air look like a glitter-storm. Oh, and we just had a nearly 50mph gust...there goes the lawn furniture.

They're actually saying that this is the windstorm of a decade: a perfect storm (so to speak) of high pressure areas and low pressure areas aligning just right to create a wind-tunnel in SoCal-- although I'm told it's windy all though California, especially the Central Valley. The last time I remember a storm this bad was the one that unearthed what is now termed "Valley Fever".

I'm really kind of excited, though I should be more concerned with my garden blowing away. One nice thing about bonsai: it's low to the ground.

Ah, the third season of weather Los Angeles experiences: Wind. (After the lovely seasons of Mudslides and blistering Heat and before Fire).

And boy, is it blowing! According to the local (very local: independent weather stations within a mile of my house), the average windspeed is about 15+mph, with consistent gusts between 30-40mph. The fastest gust so far: 59.5mph (that's 95.75kph for you metric types). Thank goodness the humidity is still high (about 50%). They're saying that we could get gusts up to 80mph tonight.

This makes dogwalk iffy: the last time we walked when it was blustery (not nearly this bad), the air was thick with dust. It looked clear until you shined your light into the night and the mica and sand made the air look like a glitter-storm. Oh, and we just had a nearly 50mph gust...there goes the lawn furniture.

They're actually saying that this is the windstorm of a decade: a perfect storm (so to speak) of high pressure areas and low pressure areas aligning just right to create a wind-tunnel in SoCal-- although I'm told it's windy all though California, especially the Central Valley. The last time I remember a storm this bad was the one that unearthed what is now termed "Valley Fever".

I'm really kind of excited, though I should be more concerned with my garden blowing away. One nice thing about bonsai: it's low to the ground.