SoCal having triple digit heat wave

[stefen]

113 in downtown Los Angeles, 107 in City of Orange with other area temps ranging from 99 near the coast to 117 inland...low humidity and Santa Ana winds...fire watch warnings out for chapparal and forested areas...

How hot is it...record heat in most areas....

Its plain hot

 

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[GopherDaGold]

But it's a DRY heat!

 

[stefen]

You are correct...and with a dry heat (or low humidity heat), the greater the problems for man, animal and the environment...

For instance, the dryer the heat, the more uncontrolled a wild fire will be...and with a higher humidity environment, the lower the burn rate and less chance of a fire storm...firefighters biggest enemy is low humidity...

In the Los Angeles basin, the air quality declines considerably in direct ratio to the increase of the temperatures...The basin consists of a land mass encircled with mountain ranges and the only outlet is the ocean front that captures inbound winds...

Schools will not permit outdoor play or excessive exercising...

The LA basin, is by far, is the ultimate isohyetal mapping condition there is...as an example, rainfall will increase one (1") inch for each mile inland from the ocean....temperatures have a similar model when measured from the ocean to the foothills...

 

[vintageic]

ahhh....much cooler today. record breaking heat yesterday , 1990 reached 112 degrees, 2010 = 113 degrees....

think its going to be a dry winter

Brian.

 

[stefen]

With the exception of this weeks heat wave, the overall summer has been mild, although it was a wetter winter than most...