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California finds itself in yet another heat wave, with record-breaking temperatures reported in several cities and hotter-than-usual temperatures across the state. The National Weather Service has put the San Francisco Bay area and San Diego under a heat advisory and has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Los Angeles area.
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District cancelled outside activities and sports for the rest of the week due to the heat. This is the second time this school year that LAUSD has had to cancel activities because of high temperatures. All schools in the Long Beach School District had shortened days on Thursday and today because of the hot weather; about 70 percent of schools in the district do not have air conditioning.
On Thursday, downtown Los Angeles reached 92 degrees by noon. The average October temperature for Los Angeles is 79 degrees. Several cities in Southern California broke record temperatures. Oxnard reached 98 degrees on Thursday, breaking an almost 70 year old record, while Santa Barbara saw a new high of 94 degrees. Inland temperatures are expected to be as high as 106 over the weekend. The record high temperature for the Los Angeles area is 108 degrees, which occurred in 1987.
And its not just high temperatures that Californians are facing. Fire warnings have been put place throughout the Los Angeles area, thanks to the high heat and winds that could reach 50 miles an hour. The Los Angeles Fire Department has pre-deployed firefighters in high risk areas, including the University of California Los Angeles campus. The Los Angeles county fire inspector Randy Wright said that people should be prepared to evacuate. Earlier in the fall, the King fire in Eldorado National Forest in Northern California burned over 97,000 acres and required over 8,000 firefighters to combat it.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/03/3575725/california-october-heat-wave/
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,178 posts)As they head west south-west they pick up speed and they get hotter and drier. They dry out the already dry vegetation, leaving it vulnerable to any spark.
And this is the time of year when they blow.
RandySF
(57,163 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,178 posts)I'm not sure what causes the heat up north, where you are.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)cilla4progress
(24,554 posts)Just what we DON'T need.
I wonder if we've reached the tipping point.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)The climate is freaky these days, and I'm sure it'll only get worse.
Hekate
(89,974 posts)Damn
SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)Hekate
(89,974 posts)True story.
So, it happens from time to time. September and October are often hot months here, just not often THAT hot.
Contrariwise, May and June are known for cool weather and overcast skies.
SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)Boy do I miss it right now in So Cal!
C Moon
(12,180 posts)The heat really sucked the last few daysI'm just glad it was dry heat.
BTW: (I live in Southern California, near the ocean). I just stepped outside and the air was a mix of ocean humidity and some of the warm air from the day's heat (which felt more like July or August). But, I'm guessing the high pressure system is beginning to move out.
Whew.
Autumn, please. It's been a long summer.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)and posted on her Facbook that the temp. had hit 100. Struck me as cruel to have horses run in that kind of heat. Anything for the almighty dollar I guess.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Outdoor wedding, beautiful setting but very little shade come ceremony time, high temps expected around ceremony time, all the guys standing out there in tuxedos...
What could possibly go wrong.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)102 here yesterday. Thank god I'm going up to Portland this week. It's in the 70s up there.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)It was a miserable 102 degrees. Driving back to Santa Rosa in the evening, the temperature dropped from 102 to 68 in the space of 2 hours. To be sure, it was also hot in Santa Rosa yesterday, but not so hot as Sacramento. And it almost always cools down at night.