SoCal didn’t receive as much rain as they did up north, but we still had an impressive amount of sky water during our recent storm.
Northern California saw a historic nearly six inches of rain while we had two inches over the weekend with more forecasted this week. That’s a LOT in a short period of time, due to a phenomenon called an atmospheric river.
An atmospheric river is a narrow corridor or filament of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere. Other names for this phenomenon are tropical plume, tropical connection, moisture plume, water vapor surge, and cloud band. Wikipedia
During a brief dry period, we checked out the big windy waves. Fresh air feels so purifying and cleansing. A walk on the beach is a great way to start a new year!
Sand, sun, clouds, waves, even some blue sky.
And just like that, it began to rain again.
Check out this video…it was super windy, too!
Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud 
I think a storm is the perfect way to start off the year! Happy New Year!
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It was a lot of fun! Happy New Year to you and Garry!
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Wow! That’s a lot of water. And talk about a great way to cleanse the air. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year to you too!
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Great photos! We are all becoming familiar with new terms (for us anyway); atmospheric rivers, arctic vortex (I think vortices is the plural). The future is changing for the new generations to come.
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Thank you! Maybe we should all have preparations on hand for any possible emergency???
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