Dear WeatherCat observers of the seasons turning,
Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer and start of autumn. Alas in California, autumn is wild fire seasons and as any scan of the US news will reveal - wild fire season has already started. This morning I was greeted by a very surreal site:
While much redder, the sun appeared only about as bright as the full moon at 7:15 am. The cause? Winds are blowing parallel to the California coast and are bringing smoke from a number of fires in Mendocino county - most notably the
August complex fire. By 7:45 the sun was a bit more recognizable but it was hardly the bright sunshine expected of California:
I took one more picture at about 10:10 am:
It has been this way all day. It isn't cold, we've exceeded 90˚ F (32˚ C) but it has been a gloomy as a cloudy January day and the forecast is similar for tomorrow.
Definitely a bizarre and surreal period here in California which has also featured rolling electrical blackouts and now Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
Oh well, . . . . Edouard