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Jan Null, CCM

@ggweather.bsky.social

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SF Bay Area meteorologist for five decades, first as an NWS forecaster and then as founder of Golden Gate Weather Services. Serious amateur photographer.

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 3h

Conditions were too good tonight, with clear skies and a late moonrise, to not chase the Milky Way. It was definitiely worth the trip. Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, 10/11/2025. (Tech notes: Nikon D850, 22mm, f3.2, iso 800, single 20 sec exposure)

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 2d

NOAA has forecast a weak La NIña. But with that comes great uncertainty. The last 2 weak La Niña winters show vastly different outcomes. (Last year did not reach the 5-month threshold to officially be a La Niña). There are no simple teleconnections looking at ENSO events alone.

Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 3d

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in silhouette as the setting sun plays peek-a-boo with the forming fog layer. 10/8/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight's full Harvest Moon rising over the Coast Range east of Half Moon Bay. 10/6/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 5d

This female Annas Hummingbird amongst the passion flowers along our back fence at lunchtime. 10/6/2025

Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 6d

"Moon in the sky like a big pizza pie, that's amore"; at least for my fellow selenophiles. After being blocked as it rose, tonight's 98.5% full moon rose above the fog and called to me. 10/5/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 8d

Pelican photo-bombing the sunset. Half Moon Bay. 10/3/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 11d

The Rockies are ablaze with color right now! This is from this morning west of Boulder. 9/30/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 15d

A hazy Green Flash over Half Moon Bay. 9/26/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 17d

A rainbow sherbet sunset at Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park and in the opposite direction a rainbow. Win-win. 9/24/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 20d

In going back through last night's pix, I found a shot from a different angle of the Milky Way (and about a gazillion stars) at Pigeon Point Lighthouse. 9/20/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 21d

The Milky Way at Pigeon Point Lighthouse on a rare moonless clear night. 9/20/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 21d

Luna and Cassie on a Saturday morning at the Golden Gate Bridge. 9/20/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 24d

A fiery sunset as high clouds from the remnant of former Tropical Storm Mario moved in and the low clouds moved out! 9/17/2025

Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 26d

Pillar Point wearing its solar halo! 9/15/2025

Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 26d

While Sea Surface Temperatures Anomalies (SSTA) edge toward La NIña territory in the tropics, the north Pacific continues to warm. Here's a comparison of Pacific SSTAs in mid-Sept for the past 7 years.

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 28d

The Green Flash and pelicans offshore from Mavericks. 9/13/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Sep 9

Go outside and breathe in some fresh air. Can you smell the sweet slightly pungent smell of this morning's rain on the soil? Enjoy.

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Sep 9

Pre-sunset lenticular over the Coast Range east of Half Moon Bay this evening.

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Sep 7

A quick snap of Pigeon Point Lighthouse before the fog started rolling in. 9/6/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Sep 7

The fog in Half Moon Bay chased me south to Pigeon Point to catch the Full "Corn" Moon (aka Harvest Moon) rising over the Santa Cruz Mtns. 9/6/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Sep 1

Layers of warm air along the coast were the right ingredients for a stratified sunset topped by an emerald Green Flash. (Zoom in) Half Moon Bay. 8/31/2025

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Aug 30

Can you say Bay Area microclimates? A 29° difference between the coast and the east side of Crystal Springs. In SF there was a 20° difference between Ocean Beach (66°) and Potrero Pt (86°).

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Aug 30

No Fog.✅ Low Tide-10:31pm.✅ Moonset-10:45pm.✅ Okay, let's go to the beach at 11:00pm and take some Milky Way pix.

Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · Aug 30

Green Flash photobombed by a pelican. Half Moon Bay. 8/29/2025

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