The Weather Thread

Is that a cross check with a lauf fork?

 

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Midnite Special.
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I took the dogs to Silverado this morning. I was there at 6:15 and got the second to last legal spot. 37°.
I wore high water proof boots and my feet were still soaked after the first crossing, but it wasn’t that bad.
Pretty quiet on the hike up, amateur hour coming back down. A lot of people who were not dressed for the conditions. Several people on foot or bikes with skis.
We just did the asphalt. Overall a nice hike.

 

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Ever get dog hair inside your vehicle?
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In the car, in my shoes, at work, in the house, in my underwear....
The Aussie doesn’t have the double coat, so he’s not too bad. The husky is 10 times what my first Aussie shed. ’My husky only sheds once a year, for 365 days...’
I get moving blankets from Harbor Freight and drape the back of the car. It mostly sticks to them, as long as I keep the windows up. They get replaced every once in a while

 

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Ha ha ha lol. Prolly looks like a snow storm if you roll down the windows.
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Nice views of the mountains from Santa Ana river trail today

 

Newcomb's Ranch....

 

Hailing in Huntington Beach right now!

Soft Hail..Snow cone Hail

 

Hint of slow dropped in Riverside a couple hours ago. Nothing to stick, pretty wet, but snow.

I am below 1000' of elevation.

 

It snowed at my school at lunch today. First small hail, then actual flakes for about 5 minutes. Saw it coming. The kids freaked out in delight! We're in Placentia (that's near Fullerton if you didn't know). Everyone took photos and videos - except me.

 

Our cars on Tuesday afternoon. This is after I spent around 2 hours clearing them off and snow blowing the driveway. We got close to 18” in town… not normal.

 

Big mud bloom off HB and Newport... Would not come out in pics... Santa Ana River ... Brown....

 

They are releasing water from the Prado dam

 

I read the other day that what we get isn’t hail, it’s “graupel”

 

Meh. They can call it whatever they want - it's hard water falling from the sky.

 

Yep, read the same article.

Actually it was not hard though it was soft like softer than snow cone It remind me of popcorn snow if you've ever been in that, perhaps that's the same.

Nonetheless it was awesome. I'm such a sucker for that kind of stuff.. was on a meeting and told him I had to go now and ran out in the middle of it!!!

 

Ugh. More sprinkles this morning. Looks like I'll be on the Lauf.

 

Looks like a break in the rain Monday-Thursday.
I should be spending a few days on the bike wooot ! ! !

 

It's going to be awhile for the IMTB group ride at Chilao...

 

awe Upper Chilao-Newcomb ranch. The pleasure of my childhood. Mt Waterman and all the goodies, Mt Pacifico and Cloudburst Summit. Woooo Whoooo
Happy downhill ski trails

 

Today and tomorrow is perfect riding weather and the next 7 days are supposed to be raining. I may have to get a road bike just to get my fix.

 

This is the exact reason I have the gravel bike.

 

I am thinking about converting my Litespeed Ocoee back to gears to use it as a gravel bike and put my W.U.S.S. back together and ride that as my SS

 

I might need to get one too. Al this rain is killing me. If my last ride told me anything, it is that I need to ride at least once a week to keep enough fitness to fully enjoy riding.

 

The Timberjack has been seeing most of my miles.

 

That's where I'm at. My job helps to keep me relatively fit but, I take one weekend off the bike and I can feel it the next time I ride.

 

Yup Hardtail Party...

My Gravel, Bike Path ..try to stay off the Road Bike...

Oh and MTN Bike too...

 

That’s when you say “screw it” and go snowboarding.

 

Probably a good idea to stick to the lowlands this weekend..


https://www.latimes.com/environment...casters-warn-of-approaching-atmospheric-river

"We’re going to see rain on top of snow, and for elevations of say 2,000 feet to about 4,000 feet, a lot of that snow is going to melt,” said Carlos Molina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford, Calif. “We’re going to basically lose a lot of the snow that fell from the previous storms. We’re looking at potential for flooding.”"

"Indeed, the highest likelihood of flood-related impacts are in lower-elevation areas with unusually deep snowpack, Swain said. Small rivers and streams in those areas will see significant potential for runoff issues, as will some urban areas — particularly in places where storm drains are already clogged by snow."