Tuesday November 13th… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing post will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials)😊.
Deadly California Fires/Containment?…November 2018 Day 6
Let’s hope that I am not jinxing the situation, but this morning I am seeing signs that California’s brave firefighters and others from across the U.S. are beginning to contain the worst of the conflagrations…the Camp and Woosley Fires :
#CampFire [update] Pulga Road at Camp Creek Road near Jarbo Gap (Butte County) is now 125,000 acres and 30% contained. Evacuations in place. Unified Command: @CALFIRE_ButteCo, @ButteSheriff, Paradise Police Department, and the USFS.https://t.co/CJkryyPNVZ pic.twitter.com/TvKv4qE9D3
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) November 13, 2018
#WoolseyFire [update] at E St and Alfa Road Rd, south of Simi Valley (Ventura County) is now 96,314 acres and 35% contained. Unified Command: CAL FIRE, @VCFD_PIO, @LACOFD, LA City Fire, @LASDHQ, and @LAPDHQ https://t.co/Uixyavgxu0 pic.twitter.com/MAJGLPaex3
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) November 13, 2018
Dry, warm conditions aren’t going away anytime soon, so the key to any further containment will be diminishing Santa Ana and easterly gusty winds. The winds are rising once again this morning, but the trend should be lower as we go through the week. Here we see the pressure gradient in the West valid for Wednesday morning:
On the above Tropical Tidbits panel we see that high pressure has lowered substantially over the Great Basin, so winds should diminish substantially over most areas of California on Wednesday.
Today (I pray) will be the last day in which I headline California’s fires. Once more here are some of the main messages I am seeing un association with the fires today on Tuesday:
UPDATE: The #CampFire began under atmospheric conditions with “no analog/comparison” in history for the date. Northern California vegetation dryness was off the charts.
Very simply: Without climate change, this fire would not have been so severe. This is an unnatural tragedy. https://t.co/aJEwrixA9M
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) November 13, 2018
Just how dry is #California? Scientists at NASA’s Goddard generate groundwater & soil moisture drought indicators each week. They are based on terrestrial water storage observations derived from GRACE satellite data and integrated with other observations. https://t.co/fkSvrqg2de pic.twitter.com/DdrjwBKPGd
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) November 13, 2018
The fires in California are state wide, I have never seen anything like it in my lifetime- I in Washington State, right up the coast and I am wondering how many years before such fores occur in Oregon and then Washington. We need Climate Action now to save the USA and earth pic.twitter.com/4E5kY81Sa3
— Shield of Democracy- Anti GOP Activist (@AntiGOPActivist) November 13, 2018
Here is more quoted from Inside Climate News:
As firefighters in California battle to contain the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history, a climate scientist says the reality on the ground is surpassing what a government report projected just months ago in assessing the links between climate change and an increasing frequency and severity of wildfires in the state.
After a dry summer and fall, powerful winds over the past week swept flames through the town of Paradise in Northern California, killing at least 42 people and destroying more than 6,500 homes, officials said Tuesday. Two more fires near Los Angeles chased more than 200,000 people from their homes as the flames quickly spread, adding to a string of fires that have caused billions of dollars in damage this year.
“I think what we have been observing has consistently been outpacing what we’ve been predicting,” said LeRoy Westerling, professor of management of complex systems at the University of California, Merced, who modeled the risk of future wildfires as part of the California Climate Change Assessment released in August.
Deadliest. Most destructive. Largest ever. I talked to @Weather_West about how California’s wildfires are setting—and re-setting— historical records and the role climate change is playing. https://t.co/aZrXU2EziL
— Sabrina Shankman (@shankman) November 13, 2018
That pretty much sums it up. https://t.co/GRrIpNJjjL
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) November 13, 2018
Insane footage of the California fires. 🎥 via @abc7la pic.twitter.com/8M0DxB3xM2
— Lori McNee (@lorimcneeartist) November 13, 2018
Air quality remains unhealthy across much of the #SF #BayArea & Sacramento Valley due to smoke from the #CampFire. A Spare the Air Alert continues through Friday with smoke expected to persist. https://t.co/rL9Us8G8OJ #CAwx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/aKBjfKFjDa
— Daniel Alrick (@SFmeteorologist) November 13, 2018
Here is more weather and climate news from Tuesday:
(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity.)
Learn quickly, Democrats: Climate politics are different than regular politics.
There is sheer genuine concern for THE EXISTENCE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION in our lifetimes.
That AOC is shamed for telling this truth is an indictment of business as usual.https://t.co/v1cBNuJ5wW
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) November 13, 2018
The East Coast storm tonight and Tuesday is just an appetizer. An even messier storm could produce widespread snow, ice and rain Thursday and Friday: https://t.co/BPnW6ia3ye pic.twitter.com/JzdAmwe1Fz
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) November 13, 2018
A nasty winter storm will move up the East Coast Thursday and Friday… Freezing rain and sleet from western NV and VA to MD and southern PA. Accumulating snow NY and interior/northern New England. Wintry mix along the coast. Be careful driving out here !! pic.twitter.com/ZXtkPgo4bm
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorewx) November 14, 2018
New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas are projected to see the most new homes at risk by 2050 https://t.co/1v1QEqfcnE
— Climate Central (@ClimateCentral) November 14, 2018
Serious weather. Fires out west, but snow in the heartland. Today’s word is “frigorific.”
— Bill Nye (@BillNye) November 14, 2018
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