More Sunshine.

That fog filled in this morning, but burned off to the coast by 10AM. Enough to cool things down a bit.  The thermometer at Van Ness topped at 66F today, compared to a high of 73F on Saturday.  Still, it was quite pleasant.  We could see a little cloud cover tonight, but it looks even more sparse than last night.  Should see those high temps move back up into the 70s.  In fact we could be in the mid to upper 70s in town tomorrow.  Looks like a beautiful day.  Basically we are looking at low 50s in the very early morning hours and low 70s in the afternoon for the rest of the work week.  Typical October awesomeness.  I mean, it is mid October folks.  Got to love this stuff.  I've lived here for over twenty years, but I never forget the northeast.  Crisp is the word that comes to mind.

Bassin d"Arcachon, France.  July 2018.

The Sierra have been crisp.  Freezing nighttime lows above 6000 feet.  In fact, it is currently snowing very lightly in Lake Tahoe.  It must be a lake effect flurry, as the winds are causing waves of several feet to form, and it is otherwise very dry in the state.  High pressure is set up on us, and the North and East Bay are in a red flag warning.  Northeast winds are whipping through those hills in excess of 50 mph.  These are the conditions that sent Santa Rosa into flames last year.

Out on the ocean, a long period south swell continues to create some pretty damn fun waves.  Calm winds have created great conditions, and while the swell should drop a bit by Monday, the surf continues through the work week.  Another SW swell arrives late on Monday and last through mid week, and then a NW swell arrive late Wednesday.  This is from a legitimate gale that is currently at the dateline, and the first real sign of a change of season.  We will get some moderate sized surf west and north of town, with maybe head high swell in town.  It probably will be a little smaller than the south swell we are currently seeing, but a step in the right direction for those of us who like the consistency of swells from the North Pacific.

Weather wise, it will not really have any effect on us, as it gets pushed north into Alaska.  Like I said we have a solid high pressure on us.  The long term models suggest the storm track moving south into the PNW by the last week of the month.  One model run suggests rain on October 30th.  Something to watch, as that could mean a wet Halloween.  But we have over two weeks before then, so a lot will change.  Just throwing it out there, as you always want to be prepared if you have kids.  Or if you don't but have been working on an awesome art outfit to where out that night.  More to come.