The crest of the Santa Monica Mountains east of Castro Peak stands out in bold relief above a tumultuous ocean of low clouds and fog.
From this morning’s run of the Bulldog loop in Malibu Creek State Park.
Some related posts: Bulldog Loop or Saddle Peak Out & Back?, Malibu Creek State Park Scenic Loop
Although we didn’t have the deluge they experienced in Central and Northern California, Southern California did get some rain. From Tuesday night (11/27) to Monday morning (12/3) Downtown Los Angeles (USC) recorded 1.03 inches, bringing the water year total to 1.36 inches. As of today that’s 1.08 inch below normal.
Some foothill and mountain stations were able to wring out much more rain from the moist tropical flow. Opids Camp recorded 3.02 inches, White Ledge Peak 4.09 inches, Refugio Pass 4.61 inches, and Rocky Butte 8.51 inches. For some storm totals from up north and more info about the “atmospheric rivers” that relayed the moisture up from the tropics, see my December 8 post on Southern California Weather Notes.
The photo above was taken between “storms” early Sunday morning, December 2, on a run in Topanga State Park. It started to rain shortly after I finished the run.
It looks like we might get a little more rain this next week, with a chance of rain on Wednesday and then maybe again on the weekend. We’ll see!
The marine layer spills over the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains between Saddle Peak and Malibu Canyon.
From this evening’s run on the Phantom Trail and other trails in Malibu Creek State Park.
Related post: Saddle Peak from the Phantom Trail
An alternative rendition of an image posted in November 2007. Did this version in 2007, but didn’t post it at the time. A Photoshop filter was not used.
Thunderstorms rumbled across the eastern and northern San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Mountains while I was running up to Castle Peak yesterday afternoon.
In this case the Edison Road is in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve.
From this morning’s run of the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon – Cheeseboro Ridge Loop. This Park Service PDF includes a map of the area, and this interactive Cesium browser View shows the route.