On the same day record highs were recorded in LA, the Weather Service released its winter forecast, calling for La Nina to bring below average rainfall and above average temperatures.
In a sure sign that it’s October in Los Angeles, weather forecasters say hot, dry, and maybe windy days are ahead. Temperatures will start climbing 8 to 14 degrees today, peaking Saturday with highs in the 80s and lower 90s.
With Los Angeles set for a major heat wave over the next few days, those without air conditioning will want to find places to escape the high temperatures. Fortunately, there are many free (or nearly free) places in LA to do just that.
The Santa Ana winds and their supposedly sinister effects loom large in the Los Angeles imagination. But how much do the winds really change us? And how much are we changing them?
A new study released by researchers at USC models how LA's climate would be impacted if most residents made their lawns a little more drought-friendly. Surprisingly, the effects would be significant, with hotter days and cooler nights.
Much of the country has experienced record-setting temperatures this summer, thanks in large part to a weather phenomenon known as the heat dome. We break down what exactly the heat dome is and how it’s affecting weather in California.
High temperatures along the routes force the Gold, Green, and Expo Lines to slow down as a precautionary measure. The lower traveling speeds caused delays of up to 15 minutes today, while Metrolink trains were up to 45 minutes behind schedule.
Why is the marine layer clearing out at the beach but hanging around in the valleys and foothills? We can thank a weather pattern called "reverse clearing" for that. The good news is, the beaches have clear skies and the valleys are cooler.
JPL climate scientist Bill Patzert says that the ongoing El Niño will be responsible for a lack of gloominess, as the warming it causes over the ocean is affecting the conditions that are conducive to cloudy, cool weeks leading up to the summer.
This past weekend was a hot one of record-setting proportions in SoCal. All across the Los Angeles and Oxnard area (which are lumped together in the National Weather Service forecasts), temps pushed the mercury up to bold new heights.
Greater LA has seen about 58.7 percent of the rainfall it gets in a normal year, partly because LA sits in "sort of a bullseye of dryness," according to one scientist. While El Niño did show up, it just skipped Southern California.
The promised "second peak" of this year's El Niño still hasn't really shown up, and instead of prolonged torrential rains, Southern California has instead gotten some heavy winds and a freaky-hot February. Now, says the Associated Press, El Niño...
82 degrees & climbing in #ManhattanBeach during rare #winter #heatwave #lawx #laheat #ElNino @cbsla pic.twitter.com/N1lKbvpdTI— JASMINE VIEL (@jasmineviel) February 9, 2016
After a record-breaking, 89-degree day in Downtown Los Angeles...
Red Flag Warning remains in effect. Learn more about how to reduce wildfire risk: https://t.co/3Or0ygzF3r https://t.co/yxfuvAHU6D— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) February 8, 2016
It's about 87 degrees in Downtown Los Angeles right now, and in case there...
Some Angelenos are still feeling the effects of Sunday and Monday's windy, El Niño-powered storm: their power is still out. The LA Department of Water and Power said in a Tweet that more than 98,000 customers' have had their power turned back on...
It's a little too soon to write of this season's El Niño as a no-show, just because a punishing succession of drenching storms has yet to materialize. The weather phenomenon is still on, even if the drizzles in Southern California and the harder...
Last week's monster rains flooded streets and drowned cars throughout Los Angeles, but this week's higher temperatures and sunny skies serve as a reminder that one watery week doesn't erase the years of hardcore drought that have dragged on in...
A set of storms moving through Los Angeles earlier this week dumped tons of rain across town and brought flooding to streets and freeways in some parts of the city. To avoid even worse rain repercussions along a section of the LA River where an...
If past El Niños are any indication, Los Angeles can expect somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 inches of rain this year, about twice the average, and the hard rains have begun in earnest this week. That's a bit of a pain for commuters, but for...
Tuesday's strong, steady storm was a powerhouse, flooding streets, putting the LA River to work channeling fast-moving runoff toward the sea, and racking up record rainfall totals across Los Angeles. "This is not a bashful El Niño. This is a brash...
With the flooding and river-like conditions created on Los Angeles streets by just a day of steady rain this week, it's easy to imagine how a whole winter of El Niño storms could really do some damage to Los Angeles. The city hasn't delayed on...
Sepulveda Basin closed due to flooding at Burbank/405 fwy, Burbank/Hayvenhurst, Woodley/Victory via @LAFD pic.twitter.com/y1BDNgz44U— Julie Sone (@ABC7JulieSone) January 5, 2016
Parched and drought-stricken Los Angeles is finally set up to...
Bill Patzert had a busy 2015. As far back as August, the NASA JPL climatologist has been warning Los Angeles about this winter's El Niño phenomenon—which is promising to be so strong, he's calling it the Godzilla El Niño. According to Patzert, the...
