| Morgan Hill Weather News: Monday 10/26/2009 10:10pm Sunday 10/25/2009 11:20am A wildfire started in the Santa Cruz mountains around 3am this morning. Location is similar to last year's Summit fire. Areas around Ormsby Cutoff and Highland Way have been evacuated. CAL FIRE have been marshaling resources from around the Bay Area to contain this fire. The smoke plume visible on our webcam is nowhere near as pronounced as the Summit fire. Perhaps recent heavy rains have served to dampen the ground and slow the rate of spread. Upwards of 15" of rain were recorded in this mountain area back during the October 13th storm. In the photo below (from 8:15am), you can see smoke from the fire moving south above the summit line with El Toro and valley fog in the foreground. On a different subject, yesterday evening produced a particularly spectacular sunset... Thursday 10/22/2009 9:55pm Thursday 10/22/2009 10:30am Here are some recent sunset shots... Wednesday 10/14/2009 12:20pm So the big storm of October 13th is over. Perhaps the biggest storm ever to hit the Bay Area in October. Definitely some big numbers. Rainfall over 15" in some mountain areas and over 4.5" here in Morgan Hill. Similarly, wind gusts topped 70mph in some areas and 50mph in many places around the bay. Fire crews were on non-stop calls to downed power lines as the winds ripped through many neighborhoods in the south bay. We only saw two wind gusts just over 30mph so got off lightly by comparison. However, the relentless rain caused major problems all over the city with 50+ incidents of flooding and many roads closed. The drainage canal alongside Butterfield broke it's banks and flooded the roadway in a few places. The photo below (click for a full-size version) shows a lone CHP cruiser blocking Butterfield near the new court buildings as water from the canal has crossed both north and southbound lanes. More photos (courtesy of Mark Bristol) in our Gallery. Monday 10/12/2009 9:25am First storm of the winter season approaches and it looks like a big one! Remnants of Pacific Typhoon Melor and according to all forecasts, a stronger and more powerful storm than we usually see, especially this early. A wind advisory is currently in effect for our area so not only should you prepare for a few inches of rain, you should also batten down anything that might get blown away! Tuesday 10/6/2009 4:00pm It's October already! Where did the summer go? Some pretty chilly nights have set in and here in our "offices" the heating has gone on for the first time. Especially yesterday morning when it was close to 40°F. Right now, it's a very pleasant 75°F and the highs might creep back to 80°F by the weekend. Don't forget we are still in high fire danger until the significant rains begin. Strong winds over the last few days have increased the fire risk. Unfortunately, last week we were plagued with a series of technical issues which variously hindered webcam access or at times, stopped site scripting completely. Sunsets have been getting more interesting over the last few weeks as the sun moves to a more southerly track for winter. Our webcam snapshots gallery has been updated with some of the most recent sunset views. Talking of snapshots, here are a couple from this week... Finally, if you would like to connect on Facebook you can find us at : www.facebook.com/morganhillweather  |
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