Examining the LA Heatwave

Many people in California were looking forward to El Nino. As wild as it seems, that’s how bad the drought has been. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look to be going anywhere soon. In fact, some places are experiencing record-breaking heat. Consider a recent article for My News LA titled “What happened to El Nino? It’s record-breaking hot, hot, hot.”

Debbie L. Sklar of My News LA writes, “Whatever happened to El Nino winter rains? The Southland basked in unseasonably warm temperatures again Tuesday, with five records set in Los Angeles County, including downtown and Los Angeles International Airport. The downtown high of 89 broke the previous record for this date of 85, set in 2006. The 88-degree high at LAX broke the date’s previous record of 85 set in 2006, according to the National Weather Service. Records were also set at UCLA, where the temperature reached 90, breaking the previous record of 85 set in 2006; Long Beach, where the high was 92, breaking the previous record of 86 set in 1991; and the northwest Los Angeles County community of Sandberg where the high of 68 broke the previous record of 67 set in 1951. Today’s other highs included 91 in Pasadena and Redondo Beach; 90 in Hawthorne and San Gabriel; 89 in Torrance; 88 at Santa Monica Airport; 87 in Burbank, Van Nuys and Woodland Hills; 86 in Northridge and 85 in Chatsworth and Pomona.”

The Los Angeles Times also takes a look at the heatwave in a recent article titled “Winter heat wave sets new records in California; hotter conditions expected Tuesday.” Veronica Rocha and Brittny Mejia of the Los Angeles Times write, “While forecasters still say El Niño storms are likely, Southern California has been kept dry by masses of high pressure sitting southwest of California, and on top of Southern California and Nevada. This type of system repels storms. Northern California has seen plenty of snow and rain this winter. The water content in the snow in the northern Sierra Nevada on Friday was pegged at 124% of average. For the central Sierra, it was 115% of average and for the southern Sierra, 93%. For the three regions combined, it was 111%. State officials say the snowpack water content needs to be at 150% of average to come close to digging California out of the drought. That's an ambitious benchmark that will be difficult to achieve, and it's more likely that California will be about average for the year, officials say.”

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