Good Weather, Bad Fire.

You've heard about the fires, right?  The American, and now Rim, blowing smoke up in the Sierra.  Met a guy and his daughter on the beach today from South Lake.  They decided to come down here for their days off, and enjoy some crisp, clean air.  Strong southerly flow along the west slope is the culprit up there.  Those winds should settle a bit by this weekend, but they don't switch direction.  If you are headed any where north of Yosemite, check conditions before you go.  These things will likely burn until the first precipitation of the upcoming wet season.  I'll try to report back here before the coming weekend in regard to the expected conditions.  I have plans to be south of Tahoe, and it sounds like right now, that is not the place to be.  May need to stay at my lovely home for the long weekend. What to expect?

Mini perfection.  Riderless waves are all over the Maine coast.  Spirals, Wells Beach.

Surprisingly nice out the last few days.  The fog never really returned on the west side, so we enjoyed the sunrise three days in a row.  I can confirm that today the fog lingered on the east side well past 10am, and that on Sunday by that time it was super clear and nearly hot.  All in all some nice weather with a bit more warmth to it than last week's.  Mid 70s the past few days and warming up still.  I would bet it will hit 80F downtown on Friday.  That's the peak of it though.  Staying in the mid 70s through Labor Day, and beyond.  The forecast is for patchy fog in the mornings.  I'm betting that looks like the past few days and am hoping for early sun here and up north.

As for that possible rain thing.  Delete that.  Current theory has storm pick up moisture, wind itself up, and die out before drifting ashore well north of here.  Current theory also has a more significant looking system dipping into the northern Gulf of Alaska around that same time.  Hey folks, the ocean has been pretty calm for a few weeks now with mainly small to tiny surf.  We will see some wind swell before Friday from the slow pressure that has been up there for a few days.  It even looks like it is still producing, so waves could last through the weekend.  Not a surfer?  Sure.  But if you've been playing at the beach with little ones, or walking around some rocks, just remember that as we move into the fall, the ocean intensity increases.  These north west swells can arrive with a fury.  The ones coming at this week's end aren't much.  Just more than what we have been getting.

More on the smoke, fire, surf and fog in a few days.

7PM EDIT:  I take that back about the fog.  Looks like it is creeping into even the west side tonight.