Lost Summer

Some Bay Area residents thought the summer of 2009 was unseasonably cool, but the summer of 2010 was the coolest I can remember since arriving here nearly 25 years ago. We did get a few hot days and the contrasts were startling. Several weeks of cool, gray skies, then two days in a row of no sea breeze, clear skies, and 95 degree F highs, then back to 60 degrees and cloudy.

Here are some photos of a recent IFR training flight I taught when it looked more like January than early September.

Heading 310, radar vectors ...

Must be Orinda down there.

CCR Runways barely visible on the left edge.

Vectors for the LDA 19R

Near SABLO @ 4000'

OAT dropped to 6 degrees C near GROVE. Summer?

Reminds me of Caravan driving at Xmas time.