Southern California Weather Force

The California Earthquake Watch I issued for August 10th through the 20th had a magnitude 4.4 in Anza, however recent trends are showing the state is becoming unstable once again to issue another 10-day watch. The fault-stress model was elevated for a few days and we just started getting more frequent smaller quakes in the Anza areas.  Now here’s not […]

Step two has been completed in a typical Southern California Weather Force forecast.  Step one is predicting the event and possible outcomes.  Step two is today, seeing it form.  Tropical Storm ROSA has formed in the Eastern Pacific and moving northwestward.  Step three will be the Hurricane development by Wednesday.  Read on for the details and other steps. As stated […]

Issued Zones:  The Inland Empire … Northern Inner SLO County … San Gabriel, SFV/SCV areas … Kern Valleys … Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Heat Advisory effective Wednesday through Friday of this week Date:  9/25/18 at 8:10am PT Forecast: Very weak offshore flow will hit starting Wednesday lasting into Friday, peaking on Thursday.  Temperatures as a result […]

There is a group of thunderstorms west of Mexico that is becoming more organized, which will become Hurricane Rosa by Thursday.  The associated system will weaken as it moves into the region, however the track is turning it directly toward the Southwestern United States so read on for details. The time-frame for this will be the first week of October.  […]

A ridge building into the area will reintroduce the heat across Southern California after the weekend, which was forecast here on September 12th.  Triple digits are expected in spots with a weak offshore flow.  Read on for details. Astronomical Fall starts on September 22nd.  However, I do not use astronomical seasons in weather.  Meteorological Fall started on September 1st.  This […]

Rain?  What is that?  Water from the sky I say?  Many Southern Californians forget what the sight of rain is and when it comes it is a welcomed sight from paradise lost.  Many Octobers have gone without normal rainfall, but this one may not.  Read on for details. Things will be pretty uneventful through the rest of the month, given […]

  The following video is the LIVE Delta II Launch scheduled for this morning 9-15-2018.  San Diego Coast remains with fog and so does near the Vandenberg AFB area.  The rest surprisingly is clear so don’t miss it because a couple minutes after launch it’ll go into the sunlight and be visible from a long distance.  Long toward where the […]

The 2018-2019 storm season is becoming anticipated by many due to it being another El Nino, which typically brings us storm after storm.  The SCWF fault model has shown enough to remove the earthquake watch so get all the details to that and El Nino’s progression into Fall and Winter by reading on. First and foremost I’ll move into the […]

We’re losing much of the humidity and therefore overnight and daytime temperatures are on the decline as we head toward the end of the month.  What does September hold?  Read on for details. The August 2018 long range forecast I put out has been correct so far.  For the majority of the month we have been seeing more monsoonal activity […]