Wind gusts of more than 50 mph woke many Berkeley residents early today as trees tossed and swayed under a particularly bright moon and at least one redwood tree in the south of the city lost a branch. KTVU reported 50+ mph gusts on Grizzly Peak and Fish Ranch Road in the Oakland-Berkeley hills. At […]
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A day in the life of Berkeley’s weather
Those clever folks at the Lawrence Hall of Science know just how mesmerizing time-lapse films can be, and they have exploited both their technical expertise, as well as their hill-top location, to capture a day in the life of Berkeley’s weather. “The View” aims to help children understand the weather by correlating the view from […]
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Feeling hot, hot, hot
It didn’t take long for all of us who spent weeks complaining about how chilly it was to start moaning about how hot it now is. Berkeleyans are a-twitter on Twitter about the soaring barometer, posting Tweet-photos of the temperature (above), comparing notes on where to take refuge in our largely non-air-conditioned city (the car […]
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It’s going to be hot… remember hot?
Temperatures will reach the mid-80s today and tomorrow in Berkeley — hardly a heatwave, but warmer than we’ve come to expect in recent weeks. The rising barometer has triggered the first Spare the Air Day of the season today as the air quality is expected to deteriorate and some inland Bay Area spots are expected […]
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The waters run deep
A Berkeleyside reader sent in this photograph of Vicente Creek running high and furious. It was taken yesterday in his garden in the Claremont neighborhood. He moved to the house fairly recently — I wonder if the real-estate broker told him about the waterfall on his property? If you have weather-related pictures to share, send […]
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A little rain
You can look out the window, or you can look at the weather radar. We need the rain, but this is deluvian.