You knew that May was a dry month here in Lassen County, but just how dry was it? Our local meteorological expert, Dr. Owen Bateson, checks in this morning with this look at current moisture totals. “May was really dry this year with only .02 inches...

Our resident meteorological expert, Dr. Owen Bateson, checks in this morning with a look at moisture totals for the month of April. According to Dr. Bateson we received 1.9 inches of rain and our average for the month is 1.16 inches, placing us at 164%...

Happy news for our SusanvilleStuff astronomy fans.   Susanville's Bateson Observatory has just upgraded its main telescope from a 6-inch Apochromatic refractor to an AstroTech 12-inch Ritchey Chretien Astrograph.   Dr. Bateson’s new equipment is specifically designed for astrophotography and is the same type of design as the Hubble Space Telescope.   Bateson explains...

Our resident meteorological expert, Dr. Owen Bateson, checks in this morning with a look at moisture totals for the month of March. Dr. Bateson recorded 5.63 inches of precipitation during the month, which is 176% of average. According to the Doctor, “Last year we had 6.45...

Our resident meteorological expert Dr. Owen Bateson checks in this morning with current moisture totals and a tip for viewing some beautiful celestial objects. According to Dr. Bateson we received only 1.05 inches of precipitation during February - only 32% of average. “It’s interesting to note...

Our resident meteorological expert, Dr. Owen Bateson, has moisture totals for the month of January. According to Bateson, “We had 3.65 inches of precipitation during January, which is 125% of average. That brings us to 5.03 inches for the year since July first.” The storm which brought us...

Dr. Bateson, our resident meteorological expert, checks in with moisture totals for the month of November and a look at the current level of Eagle Lake. According to Dr. Bateson we only received .42 inches of precipitation during November.  "That’s only 14% of average for the month and we...

Dr. Bateson checks in with a quick tally of precipitation in our area. Says the Doctor, “I measured only .42 inches of moisture from this latest storm. That brings us to a grand total of 1.33 inches of precipitation since July first, which is only 36%...

October was a dry month according to moisture totals tallied by Dr. Bateson, Susanville’s resident meteorological expert. Last year Bateson recorded 4.33 inches of precipitation in October, down to only .88 inches this year for 60% of average for the month. The month continues this year’s...

Two neat photos today from Dr. Bateson's Gold Run observatory.   The doctor took these two photos with a Nikon D-90 through a Televue 85mm apochromatic refractor, using hydrogen alpha filters that actually show the flares on the limb of the sun.   These photos show some prominences, some magnetic filaments...

Dr. Bateson, Susanville’s resident meteorological expert, checks in after we received our first measurable rain since last spring. The storm total this week was .88 inches of moisture with ice on the ground and snow on Diamond Mountains down to 5,000 feet. The doctor measured Eagle...