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First bucket tip (Re: highlights from 2017-18 North CA rainy season)

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elagache:
Dear WeatherCat west coast climate watchers,

A dry storm moved to our North and East yesterday.  Winds developed between that low and the intensifying high pressure ridge resulting in some very strong winds.  Here is what my WC Storm Monitor AppleScript reported:



The wind valves may not seem very high, but remember that our house is extremely wind-sheltered.  26 mph (42 km/hr) was a new annual record.  On Mount Diablo a gust was observed at 80 mph! (129 km/hr.)  The duration was also very unusual.  Normally the winds aren't that sustained.  There wasn't any serious damage like the wild-fires in Southern California (even if they were caused by the same weather pattern.)  Still I spotted this palm tree that had shed many pieces all over the neighborhood:



Certainly in California it is self-evident that the weather has become more extreme.

Oh well, . . . . . Edouard

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