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Supercooled droplets frozen on impact: freezing rain
Due to the complex mountain topography along California’s coastal areas, thunderstorms are far and few between for Los Angeles, and severe weather events like tornadoes, freezing rain and supercells...
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This week’s heavy marine layer to give way to a warm weekend
This morning, a deep marine layer greeted residents of Los Angeles as it seeped over the San Fernando Valley and into the mountains behind it. This cloud deck is projected to sit around for the...
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High pressure brings the heat to inland L.A. through Wednesday
As expected, this morning’s marine layer remained confined to Los Angeles’ coastal areas and will likely burn off by midday. This inversion will allow coastal areas to reap cooler temperatures through...
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Dust devils: vortexes fueled by rising hot air
Though tornadoes rarely appear in southern California, a smaller weather phenomenon is known to erect vortexes of wind in the southwestern regions of the United States. Dust devils, often colloquially...
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Excessive heat and high pressure to sustain through Thursday
This heat spell will turn out to be fairly impressive as this morning pushes into this afternoon and high pressure and increasing humidities make temperatures scorching today and tomorrow. The upper...
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Fire weather, thunderstorms over L.A. today through Friday night
Finally the monsoonal moisture that meteorologists have had their eye on for that past week rears its head in Los Angeles. Thunderstorms and showers are possible throughout portions of southern...
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Thunderstorms possible in L.A. through tonight; cooler temps this weekend
The same mid-level cloud deck that sprinkled portions of Los Angeles with rain yesterday brought showers to portions of the valleys and mountains last night and continues to remain as a signal of the...
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Warmer temps, sunny skies through next week in Los Angeles
Yesterday’s encasing mid level cloud deck was the echo of what was once Hurricane Fabio. After pushing northeast across the Pacific Ocean, the remnants of the tropical depression brought cool...
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High pressure will bring the heat back to inland L.A. through next week
With an upper level high parked over the region for the next four days, temperatures will see an increase as the shallow marine layer will be confined to coastal areas. Today, the San Fernando Valley...
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Blistering heat in L.A. through the weekend; storms possible over the mountains
The high pressure system that has brought the heat all week will up the ante tomorrow through the weekend as the air mass continues to coat the region in sweltering temperatures and will also present...
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Thunderstorms and heat across LA today; highs above normal through the week
High pressure and intense heat will once again fuel showers and thunderstorms over Los Angeles’ mountains and the Antelope Valley today. Since this morning, precipitation and flooding have popped up...
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Heat wave continues in Los Angeles; inland triple digits through Monday
With the upper high pressure system that has brought heat to the area wandering slightly east, inland temperatures will drop several degrees from yesterday though triple digit readings are still...
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Showers and thunderstorms possible across LA mountains, Antelope Valley
With the high at its furthest away today, the low pressure system expected to dip in close has brought cooler highs to the area; though highs will begin to rise tomorrow, highs are still expected to...
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Heat, high pressure and monsoonal moisture over Los Angeles this weekend
With the upper level low that brought several degrees yesterday moving northerly, high pressure will once again dominate weather patterns over the Los Angeles area. With building mid-level moisture,...
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Showers, thunderstorms possible over Los Angeles today through Sunday
The upper level high over Arizona and Nevada will do just as suspected and bring increased monsoonal moisture to the area through the weekend. The facilitation of showers and thunderstorms could occur...
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Continued thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts today in Los Angeles
As monsoonal moisture remains over the area another afternoon of thunderstorms is expected of Los Angeles’ mountains and deserts. Yesterday’s showers brought rain to portions of the San Gabriel...
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The remnants of Tropical Storm John spell rain for Los Angeles through tomorrow
With the remnants of Tropical Storm John moving over southern California, today will bring a slight chance for rain to the Los Angeles Basin as well as portions of Ventura County, San Joaquin Valley,...
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Warming trend ends this weekend; low pressure to bring cooling and clouds to LA
High pressure is expected to dominate the weather through the end of the week, and the coastal marine layer will gradually decrease as temperatures over inland areas raise to above normal temperatures...
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Cool temps for Los Angeles through Thursday; warming trend to begin tommorrow
This morning, a chilly marine layer greeted residents of the Los Angeles Basin at a depth of 1800 feet. Currently, the layer of thin, hazy clouds is expected to dissipate by afternoon while highs will...
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Warm temperatures through the week; cooling trend begins over the weekend
In a brief respite from the low pressure system that brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies and wet weather to most of the Los Angeles basin last Thursday and Friday, the warming trend that began...
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