The skies were filled with a rare rose colour, which meteorologists at the Met Office have explained is due to sunlight passing through fine layers in the air, such as moisture or dust. Graham Madge, spokesperson for the Met Office, told the Daily Mail: When the sunlight comes through lots of layers, it filters out the blue and scatters it, leaving the red to come through, It's effectively a sunrise filtered through the atmosphere and through the fog, giving it that pinkish hue.
Paulson began his time at KTVU-TV Fox 2 in July 2000 as a meteorologist. A longtime Bay Area resident, he attended Campolindo High School in Moraga, and Cal State Chico. One half of "the fog brothers" with fellow anchor Sal Castaneda, Paulson was celebrated by the whole staff Friday morning. He recounted a story of coming to the Bay Area from Denver, in which he was initially offered an opportunity to fill in for one day per month.
At PG&E's weather lab in San Ramon, Scott Strenfel studies a huge digital map on the wall displaying temperatures, dew points and humidity levels across California. At a spot in Kern Hills outside of Bakersfield, wind gusts of 39 mph were forecast to hit. Hey team, thunderstorm outflow down in Kern at 3 p.m., Strenfel calls out to his fellow scientists, each behind double computer screens.
Meteorologists have warned that a surge in tropical moisture could set off dangerous flash floods all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, impacting residents in parts of 11 states from now through this weekend.