By Brody Klapko in Newsletter — 26 May 2023

Good work this week, let's take a break

In which we watch the swirlies and catch up on everything.

Swirlies!

Some lovely fog this week. You can see it swirl right around the Bay Area.

The latest from CoCoRaHS

CoCoRaHS if you haven’t heard, is a large network of people that measure and map precipitation. Their latest update was posted recently. There’s some fun info there, and if you’re interested at all in joining in, it’s worth a quick read. We started reporting our precip this past January.

Typhoon Mawar

You’ve probably heard about Mawar already but if not, here are some notes and links.

It passed Guam as a category 4 storm
It went through an eyewall replacement and weakened a bit before it went by Guam (a good thing)
Here’s a full writeup on WaPo
It went from a cat 5, to a 2, and then back to 5

Checking on Lake Tulare

It’s doing what was expected: growing in size. It’s apparently nearing the size of Lake Tahoe. And if you’re interested in an update on the snowpack and reservoir storage, here you go.

I won’t go into detail

Because this article about how greenhouse gases contributed to global warming in 2022 already does. They actually look at several contributing factors and calculate a single number to more easily track the impact of greenhouse gases each year.

Weather Feed is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

We mentioned it before, but now you can watch it

We mentioned the WMO‘s projections previously, but if you didn’t have a chance to read, this is a short video that sums it up.

And related to this, the WMO recently issued a Global Greenhouse Gas Watch. From the article:

“But there are still uncertainties, especially regarding the role in the carbon cycle of the ocean, the land biosphere and the permafrost areas,” said Prof. Taalas. “We therefore need to undertake greenhouse gas monitoring within an integrated Earth System framework in order to be able to account for natural sources and sinks, both as they currently operate and as they will change as a result of a changing climate. This will provide vital information and support for implementation of the Paris Agreement,” he said.

I dub thee…

Hurricane season is almost here. You can read about how NOAA is improving forecasts and modeling, but I bet you really just want to know the name of the hurricanes for this season.