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[DaveMatthews]

I’ll say. I met a friend who also happened to be riding one of the trails today and was evacuated from her home town of Drayton Valley, AB, which was just one of the areas that were put on notice. She told me her home might be far enough from being in danger but was still stressed out over packing up and leaving town. As we all know the winds are so unpredictable and can shift in a blink of an eye. She was staying with a friend here in town while she has to wait another week before she can get the green light to return home.

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Brutal.
I was taking a ferry back this morning from doing a gig in Gibsons/Roberts Creek last night. Lovely day, a bit windy, but there was some smoke/haze to be seen. Nothing as bad as in the past (yet) but this is early, and here we go...

 

[Prairie Dog]

Brutal.
I was taking a ferry back this morning from doing a gig in Gibsons/Roberts Creek last night. Lovely day, a bit windy, but there was some smoke/haze to be seen. Nothing as bad as in the past (yet) but this is early, and here we go...

Northeastern BC (Peace region) is yet another hot spot and as you said it isn’t even summer yet.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Here's a sobering website...

Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca

 

[Prairie Dog]

Here's a sobering website...

Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca

According to the site, the forecast is looking more like no ride for me tomorrow as the entire area will be enveloped in smoke by 7am.

 

[Prairie Dog]

As expected, it was hazy here for the entire day though air quality is expected to improve by tomorrow.

 

[RandallS]

Topping up on @Prairie Dog and his pics of the smoke, I was golfing east of Calgary yesterday and it was as if we were extras on a new Blade Runner movie.
Definitely not riding conditions and I wonder about golfing too.

I saw this one and had a laugh.
Export A is (was?) an iconic Canadian cigarette renowned for it's "robust" nature.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Yep, todays AQHI is off the chart. Not a good day to be out but the gardens need to be watered.

 

[rob feature]

Took the Allant mountain biking for the first time. It'll do it, but lol

 

[Prairie Dog]

With most of the smoke from the wildfires absent for now, I got in another epic ride on the trails today. Air quality index was still rated as low to moderate and you could still see a bit of haze in the sky. We actually received a nice (albeit brief) soak after I returned home which was much needed as conditions are super dry.

 

[JRA]

Here

 

[DaveMatthews]

Took the Allant mountain biking for the first time. It'll do it, but lol

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More dirt better!

 

[DaveMatthews]

With most of the smoke from the wildfires absent for now, I got in another epic ride on the trails today. Air quality index was still rated as low to moderate and you could still see a bit of haze in the sky. We actually received a nice (albeit brief) soak after I returned home which was much needed as conditions are super dry.

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Amazing how the terrain changes seemingly so quickly!

 

[DaveMatthews]

Here

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Nice!
What time of day is this?

 

[Prairie Dog]

Amazing how the terrain changes seemingly so quickly!

It’s astounding how much change actually take place in about a month’s time.

 

[JRA]

Nice!
What time of day is this?

Early afternoon, the trees are pretty thick in this section! We have established quite a few trails that only we ride in our area using old logging trails and game trails. They are on timberland that will sooner or later get clearcut. In fact in this area they recently went through the actual road network and improved upon them by cutting back the sides and installing new rock base so that might be sooner than later.....The forest is also good for collecting mushrooms in the fall.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Some action from yesterday afternoon’s ride. Temp was an ideal 26C and with ground conditions so dry and grippy, there was no way I was going to miss out. No slop, no dust just pure traction. I topped up the reservoir in my pack and headed out for a triple header. Lucky that I ate my shreddies before I left.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Sunny SoCal my ass! Yesterday was the first time I've seen blue sky and a sharp ocean horizon in 2-3 weeks.

That sliver of blue on the left marks a small break in our marine (air) layer — a persistant late-spring, early-summer thermal inversion blanketing the still-cool coastal waters off SoCal.

Low stratocumulus cloud decks like this one last week mark the upper marine layer. Daily sea breezes and prevailing westerlies conspire to push the layer and its clouds varying distances onshore — often for days at a time. And upper-level highs sometimes push the clouds down to the ground. Day before yesterday, that meant all-day drizzle in the low 60s.

From yesterday's ride, the marine layer cloud deck edge-on. These low clouds usually peak in May and June — hence the popular names May Gray and June Gloom. This May has certainly lived up to the gray part.

Moonlight Beach from rides in April and May.

As you can see in this NASA satellite image, this marine layer of ours is no small thing. It extends far offshore — and on this particular day, far inland as well. The big swirl, the Catalina eddy, is a persistant feature.

It helps to think about the big picture when I catch myself pining for blue sky. The marine layer's a fascinating large-scale Goldilocks process requiring just the right seasonal mix of sea surface temperatures, near-surface air temperatures, ocean current patterns, low-level wind patterns, and upper-level highs. The essential ingredients come together at this scale in only a few places worldwide.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Follow-up on post #4262, wherein I shared a small but welcome break in the low cloud cover present here since early May. As mentioned, these persistent "May Gray" clouds mark our marine (air) layer — a seasonal offshore thermal inversion big enough to blanket the entire SoCal coast for days on end this time of year.

Well, that small break grew over the following day, and by yesterday, one day later, the marine layer and its cloud deck had retreated over the horizon — which from this vantage on the bluff above Beacon's Beach is 12-13 miles away.

Further north, however, the gray marine layer was still close to shore. This photo looking roughly NW shows it lurking just above the horizon (and no doubt behind as well). Wonder if Oceanside was under there?

But all that was yesterday afternoon. By this morning, my local marine layer window was starting to close, with the clouds in the vanguard already overhead.

Beacon's Beach

Beacon's Beach is a popular reef break in north Encinitas. Nearly all of the bikes parked here were electric fatties — most with surfboard racks hanging off one side. Anyone familiar with 1960s surfing movies will recognize the old wood-paneled station wagon at the top of the sign. Back then, the "woodie" was the board transport of choice.

Contrary to popular belief — and to the great disappointment of many — California is not going to fall into the sea along the San Andreas Fault. However, it is crumbling at the edges as rock-laden storm waves undercut our sea cliffs. Gravity does the rest.

The high bluff at Beacon's is actively participating in this process. If Earth science teaches anything, it's that gravity always wins in the end.

The surf at Beacon's is fun to watch. When larger incoming waves hit the curved seawall at upper right, they reflect back into the surf with semicircular wavefronts.

When the crest of an outgoing reflection combines with the crest of an incoming breaker, the combined crest shoots straight up into the air! These constructive interferences can be quite explosive. Should be a good show on big surf days.

Very grateful to live in such a dynamic place.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Follow-up on post #4262, wherein I shared a small break in the low cloud cover present here since early May. As mentioned, these persistent "May Gray" clouds mark our marine (air) layer — a seasonal offshore thermal inversion big enough to blanket the entire SoCal coast for days on end this time of year.

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Well, that small break grew over the following day, and by yesterday, one day later, the marine layer and its cloud deck had retreated over the horizon — which from this vantage on the bluff above Beacon's Beach is 12-13 miles away.

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Nonetheless, the gray marine layer was still close to shore to the north yesterday, and today, it's coming back ashore here.

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Beacon's Beach is a popular reef break in north Encinitas. Nearly all of the bikes parked here were fatties — most with surfboard racks hanging off one side. Anyone familiar with 1960s surfing movies will recognize the old wood-paneled station wagon at the top of the sign. Back then, the "woodie" was the board transport of choice.

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Contrary to popular belief — and to the great disappointment of many — California is not going to fall into the sea along the San Andreas Fault. However, it is crumbling at the edges as rock-laden storm waves undercut our sea cliffs. Gravity does the rest.

The high bluff at Beacon's is actively participating in this process. If Earth science teaches anything, it's that gravity always wins in the end.

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The surf at Beacon's is fun to watch. When larger incoming waves hit the curved seawall at upper right, they reflect back into the surf with a semicircular wavefront.

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When an incoming breaker hits an outgoing reflection, the breaker suddenly jumps straight up into the air! These constructive interferences can be quite explosive.

Very grateful to live in such a dynamic place.

I tried lying once...
It was a complete natural bluff failure!

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I tried lying once...
It was a complete natural bluff failure!

Don't you hate it when that happens?