Weather Forum of Southern California

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Looking at the coming week or two of weather across SoCal. Let’s just say, go ahead and wash your car. We’re not getting any rain any time soon. A ridge of high pressure, although weak, will prevent any storms coming in our direction. I don’t say this to complain or lament; we were spoiled by a relatively cool and wet October, even here is SoCal. How timely and comforting tha...

The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) at NOAA/NWS just issued a forecast for a weak La Nina for at least the early winter of 2025-2026.

Jan Null, a friend of mine, former NWS lead forecaster, and Golden Gate Weather Services CEO, did some really illustrative work tracking all kinds of Las Ninas over the last 45 years, and what resulted in California rainfall that sea...

As we close August, some are looking at how the “meteorological summer” fared in the temperature and precipitation department. I’ve never liked that term: summers in SoCal and especially near the coast have never aligned with the calendar months of June, July, and August. The “canonical summer” – from the solstice in late June to the equinox in late September – has more close...