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The last time downtown L.A. received that much rain was the 2024 Easter weekend storm, March 29-31, when 2.1 inches fell. The difference with that storm, however, is that it came following two ...
(The Center Square) – With winter rains entering full swing, California leaders are preparing fire-damaged communities against the threat of landslides by prepositioning emergency teams and ...
Violent fires will remain possible until the extreme weather pendulum swings back to wet and California gets a soaking winter rain. Climate change is making when that will happen even harder to ...
The watch is typically issued 12 to 48 hours before the storm's expected arrival in the given area. [1] The criteria for this watch can vary from place to place, which is true with other winter weather warning and advisories. [citation needed] As the event of the storm draws nearer in time and confidence in the occurrence of significant winter ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
A winter storm warning was already in effect for much of the week from the state's most northwest corner down to the San Diego County mountains, alerting Californians to the possibility of heavy ...
The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast. California 's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate , with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter.
The desert landscape is varied — from mountains and canyons, to sand dunes and mesas, to Joshua tree forests and volcanic cinder cones — and features about 10,000 threatened desert tortoises ...