Welcome home June Gloom!
SURF:
Spring has finally arrived- 3 weeks before summer. But who's complaining?! The cold fronts with their wind and showers seem to have left the building and we had fun S swell this week and clean conditions.
Water temps have warmed back up to 63 in SD (and 60 in the OC and 65 at Scripps Pier).
Tides this weekend are:
FORECAST:
As mentioned above, a new mid-sized SW swell arrives late Sunday and builds into Monday for chest high surf. That peaks Tuesday morning for shoulder high surf. Wednesday still looks fun and the 2nd half of next week looks to have waist high NW windswell and small SW.
Looks like winter is finally gone (jinx!). At least the showers are gone in the near future and we're officially into June Gloom. We've got weak low pressure hanging around Friday/Saturday for low clouds at the beach and sun inland. Temps will be near 70 at the coast with a little more sun towards Sunday. Next week we're right on track for the last few weeks of spring- low clouds/fog in the nights/mornings and sunny skies in the afternoons.
BEST BET:
Friday with fun SW swell or next Tuesday with more SW swell.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
California’s strange spring weather continues to stun the state, now setting a record for the snowiest May at Mammoth Mountain. The resort got a record 29 inches of snow this month, giving those in Southern California a chance to ditch the sandy beach for the powdery mountain this Memorial Day weekend.
Tides this weekend are:
- 2' at sunrise
- 4' at 9 AM
- 1.5' at 2 PM
- 6' at sunset
- 5:42 AM sunrise
- 7:50 PM sunset
FORECAST:
As mentioned above, a new mid-sized SW swell arrives late Sunday and builds into Monday for chest high surf. That peaks Tuesday morning for shoulder high surf. Wednesday still looks fun and the 2nd half of next week looks to have waist high NW windswell and small SW.
Further out, forecast charts show a fun S taking shape around the 9th with more shoulder high surf. Good to see waves again- without the wind! Make sure to keep track of the waves and weather at Twitter/North County Surf.
WEATHER:
WEATHER:
Looks like winter is finally gone (jinx!). At least the showers are gone in the near future and we're officially into June Gloom. We've got weak low pressure hanging around Friday/Saturday for low clouds at the beach and sun inland. Temps will be near 70 at the coast with a little more sun towards Sunday. Next week we're right on track for the last few weeks of spring- low clouds/fog in the nights/mornings and sunny skies in the afternoons.
BEST BET:
Friday with fun SW swell or next Tuesday with more SW swell.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Been a wild winter. Spring has been almost non-existent as storms from the north kept dropping 1/4" to 1/2" of rain the past month. And the mountains in California- from Tahoe to Julian- continued to see snow. On Memorial Day. The 'unofficial' start to summer. Just how much snow occurred this past winter? The LA Times this week dove deep into the powder (sorry- bad pun). I'll let them explain:
California’s strange spring weather continues to stun the state, now setting a record for the snowiest May at Mammoth Mountain. The resort got a record 29 inches of snow this month, giving those in Southern California a chance to ditch the sandy beach for the powdery mountain this Memorial Day weekend.
The snowfall has already topped May 2015’s record of 28 inches, further adding to the enormous dump of powder that Mammoth has received. A total of 489 inches have accumulated at the main lodge, and 715 inches have been recorded at the summit (that's almost 60' of snow. Wow). The ski resort’s current base depth is between 90 and 155 inches. In February, residents had to tunnel out from their homes after a record-breaking 24 feet of snow fell during the month.
If that's not odd enough, new research recently linked a series of earthquakes near California’s Long Valley Caldera in the Mammoth Mountain area to heavy snowmelt during a wet winter. Researchers planned to watch for seismic activity as it pertains to snowmelt, which typically begins in late May to early June. The expectation is that there will be a large number of seismic swarms, as there have been in the past, but there’s no guarantee.
Emily Montgomery-Brown, a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey who published the findings, said there’s been an increase in runoff near Mammoth, but snow is still falling. “We’ll have to keep watching and see when the temperatures really start to warm up,” she said.
Overall, it’s been an exceptionally wet and snowy May in California. The placement of the jet stream — a high-altitude river of air running from the Pacific across the United States — is largely responsible. The jet stream has hit California with a series of storms out of the South Pacific. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area originally pushed its closing date to July 7, but on Friday the resort said it will now be open into August. That’s happened only twice before, making snow a new symbol of a California summer.
Emily Montgomery-Brown, a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey who published the findings, said there’s been an increase in runoff near Mammoth, but snow is still falling. “We’ll have to keep watching and see when the temperatures really start to warm up,” she said.
Overall, it’s been an exceptionally wet and snowy May in California. The placement of the jet stream — a high-altitude river of air running from the Pacific across the United States — is largely responsible. The jet stream has hit California with a series of storms out of the South Pacific. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area originally pushed its closing date to July 7, but on Friday the resort said it will now be open into August. That’s happened only twice before, making snow a new symbol of a California summer.
Incredible to think you could surf Huntington in trunks at the end of July then run up to Mammoth the next day and get a couple runs in. Awesome.
PIC OF THE WEEK:
With all the bickering between Democrats and Republicans lately, I thought this beautiful picture may bring some peace. May be Photoshopped though so it could be fake. Never mind. For more spots to put on your bucket list, check out Gareth Kolega's work on Instagram.
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
PIC OF THE WEEK:
With all the bickering between Democrats and Republicans lately, I thought this beautiful picture may bring some peace. May be Photoshopped though so it could be fake. Never mind. For more spots to put on your bucket list, check out Gareth Kolega's work on Instagram.
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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