There is an interesting article about PG&E meteorolgist John Lindsey in today’s (29 Nov 05) Tribune.
You can read John’s forecast by clicking on the DCPP Forecast link in the menu bar on the right. There is also a link to his forecasts on the main SLOweather page, under the Forecasts heading on the left side. Look for DCPP.
Here is the outdoor temperature graph from the last 24 hours (7 AM 28 Nov- 7 AM 29 Nov 2005):
Notive the rise in temperature between 11 PM and midnight? That’s when the sky clouded up after being clear all evening. Just line putting a blanket on the bed, clouds keep heat in when they cover us.
You may have noticed that some of the SLOweather pages were not updating for a while on Saturday afternoon.
We were replacing the old 500 mhz Windows 2000 Pro weather computer with a brand new 3.0 ghz Gateway XP Media Center PC. It took a while to move the lightning detector PCI card, install all of the programs, and move the old data and archive files.
Then it took a little more time to get all of the programs talking with their respective hardware, and then get them to send the files up to the SLOweather website. If you notice that any part of SLOweather isn’t updating, please let us know using this link.
With a bigger, faster computer, we’ll be able to add more features to SLOweather in the future. Size does matter… 
Tuesday is the full moon for November 2005. I had my choice of Beaver Moon, Snow Moon, and Frosty Moon. Based on the weather the last few days and the forecast, Frosty Moon and Snow Moon just didn’t seem applicable for our area.
The I found an map here that showed a small area of beaver habitat in southwestern SLO county.
So Beaver Moon it is. Happy Beaver Moon!
“When in evening, ye say, it will be fair weather: For the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering.� (Matthew XVI: 2-3,)
“Like a red morn that ever yet betokened, Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field, Sorrow to the shepherds, woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds.� Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis.
It looks like the weather service was right last week, even with the uncertainties of the low pressure system that cut off off the coast. Here at the SLOweather station we’ve had 0.40 since midnight and it’s still raining. The radar loop shows the low circulating the rain band almost parallel with the coast.
On another note, sometime in the last few days, the SLOweather home page surpassed a half million page loads since August 1, 2001! I take cafre to ensure that our own SLOweather access from home does not increment the counter, so all of those hits are from people like you, using SLOweather to check the current conditions, see the webcams, and get forecasts.
Thanks!
Keep an eye on the NWS Forecast Discussion. It looks like we my have rain the first part of the week.
Apparently, conditions are favorable this winter for Pineapple Express storms, similar to those california saw in January 1997.
Read the story here.