#central valley
USA Cultural Regions Map
This is super cool
For non-Americans: this is actually accurate and reflects how Americans understand ourselves and regional identities. These aren’t official labels, but they’re not totally made up either.
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Misty Morning, Snow on the Mountain
May 11, 2022
The thermometer read 32 degrees at 8am PST and low clouds poured over the mountain. This means that the Central Valley also likely was under cloud cover.
Although the forecast made no mention of snow or rain, it was clear from the conditions yesterday that something was brewing. The NWS put up the one cryptic map on May 9 and 10 on their Hanford site that said there would be inclement weather in central California on May 11, but after I posted it on this blog yesterday, they removed it from their site.
There was a dusting of snow on the mountain tops this morning. Today they are admitting to thunderstorms in the Sierras on the Hanford site, but the Weather Channel won’t post this information, saying sunny and a tiny percent chance of rain for this area.
Conditions are very wintery on this spring day, with cold temperatures throughout California and precipitation in the mountains and perhaps other places. If you are in a place with rain (anywhere in the west), maybe you can mention it in the comments, since the weather media won’t do it!
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Low Clouds on the Mountain
Mar. 31, 2021
We’re having weather indicative of an OR shift this morning, with low clouds pouring in over the mountain and trails breaking up. By 8:30am, it has become overcast. The humidity is high at 78% and temperatures are in the low 40s.
There has been humidity and high OR conditions for the past couple of days following a huge storm which brought heavy rain and snow to all of California. I still feel a potential for more rain, but the forecasts give no indication of rain on the way. Temperatures are being forecast about 10 degrees over reality.
I cannot find out if it’s foggy in the Central Valley (without driving to a place where I can see over the mountains), but based on the clouds coming in from the north, it would stand to reason that this energy shift is happening there too. Fog is an OR transmutation at ground level and is very common in the valley during these shifts.
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I recently had a trip to the central valley and was fortunate to finally visit the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno. It’s an area of the Great Valley & the Delta that I don’t travel to often but is worth a visit. These historic gardens were mostly built underground as a response to the heat in Fresno. They are between one and two stories below ground level and are filled with citrus trees and are a great place to explore and cool off in the heat.
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Round Mountain Road, Bakersfield, 2008.
California is in its fourth year of one of the worst droughts in modern history, with recent reports showing only enough water to last the state one more year. Keep in mind that this is a state whose water fuels a major portion of our entire nation’s food supply. But while residents are urged to conserve water and are facing mandatory water usage restrictions, Nestlé is bottling this scarce resource straight from the heart of California’s drought, exporting it out of state, and selling it for profit. And this is all happening right under the state water regulator’s nose!
I wonder if the state buys this back from Nestle to hand out to all the Central Valley residents who no longer have running water?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/california-drought-tulare-county.html?_r=0
Please boost, sign the petition, don’t
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