San Diego Weather

A River Ran Through Us

... Southern California in years. A river of moisture that arose in the western Pacific shot across the ocean toward Ventura and Los Angeles counties, then suddenly angled south into Orange and San Diego counties, drenching the region with heavy rains. The storm caused sinkholes across Southern California. One swallowed two cars in Los Angeles. Another swallowed a fire truck in San Bernardino County. By early Saturday, coastal San Diego County had recorded some of the region’s highest rainfall, notably La Jolla, which got 2.07” of precipitation. Escondido received 1.60” and Del Mar and Oceanside got 1.53”. The downpour caused the San Diego and Santa Margarita rivers to surge to life, as well as the marshlands that open onto Torrey Pines State Beach. It was littered with debris early Saturday. The National Weather Service said the region could receive ...

For February Golfers, Chicago Weather ‘on Par’ With San Diego

... the last thing he expected was to be playing golf here in February. But there he was Wednesday, getting ready to tee it up at Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course. “I didn’t think I was going to make it out at least until April, so I’m stoked,” Novak said. “I’m not working today so I [figured I] might as well head across the street [and play].”. With temperatures reaching up to 70 degrees in parts of Chicago in recent days, many golfers took advantage to sneak in a few rounds of bonus golf. Nancy Liljedahl did not expect to be playing this early in the year. “I looked at my weather app a couple days ago and said ‘it looks like it’s going to be nice Wednesday, anybody want to play?’” Liljedahl said. The docile winter has been a boon for Rich Mc Nelis, an employee at Sydney Marovitz, who has already played roughly 35 rounds of golf in 2017. “It’s like living in San Diego,” Mc Nelis said. Golfers are not the only ones benefitting from the warm weather. ...

Weather On Steroids’ Exhibit Takes Two-pronged Approach To Climate Change

... people,” Gershunov said. The man can be seen either as humanity trying to keep the Earth from tipping over, or as a representation of greed, ignoring facts and pushing the world past the point of no return. “Dust, Dissolution, Ablaze,” three mosaic panels, each of a human silhouette, depicts global warming, drought and flood. Artist Marcela Paz Luna Rossel uses found materials, such as sand, pebbles, animal bones, ceramic shards, and glass and slate pieces from the 2007 wildfires to set the tone through color and texture. “Her work is really visceral,” Gershunov said. “It transforms the global climate issue into a human experience.”. Other artists take a direct approach to their subjects through photography of dying trees at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, the Laguna Mountains and Joshua Tree National Park. Whether it’s changing ...

A ‘dangerous Storm’ Is Crashing Into Southern California. Here’s The Forecast

... Angeles. California’s Central Coast was met by an onslaught of heavy rain Thursday night into Friday morning, where one to two inches was reported. A little farther south, Santa Barbara had already picked up a quick three quarters of an inch of rain early Friday , with several more inches on the way. That's a whole lot of moisture. #cawx __link__/03 nc BQCs F 7. — Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) February 17, 2017. The storm is also bringing ashore howling winds. At Diablo Canyon Power Plant  near San Luis Obispo, winds were clocked at 45 mph and gusting to 63 mph at 9:00 a.m. local time. Heavy rains and strong winds are predicted to reach Los Angeles by midday and make for a very difficult Friday afternoon commute. “The storm looks to be the strongest storm to hit Southwest California this season,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles said Thursday. “It is likely the strongest within the last six years, and possibly even as far back as December 2004 or January 1995.”. Storm timeline. Friday morning/afternoon — Heavy wave of rain arrives, focuses on areas south of Santa Barbara; rainfall ...

Winter Weather Brings More Rain To San Diego

... Gulch; 1.57 in Alpine; 1.52 in Rancho Bernardo; 1.47 in Escondido; 1.46 in Kearny Mesa; 1.45 on Mount Laguna; 1.42 in Flinn Springs; 1.34 in Santee; 1.32 in Deer Springs; 1.27 in Campo and Goose Valley; 1.24 in Carlsbad and Mission Valley; 1.04 at Lindbergh Field; 1.02 in Warner Springs; 0.95 at Lake Wohlford; 0.47 in San Felipe; 0.25 in Ocotillo Wells; and 0.23 in Borrego Springs. Photo by Alison St John. Storm drenches Ocean Beach, Feb. 27, 2017. Road flooding and debris hazards were reported in various parts of the county, including Airway Road at La Media Road in Otay Mesa; Avenida del Rio, Camino de la Reina and Hotel Circle North in Mission Valley; Callan Road at North Torrey Pines Road in Torrey Pines; Carroll Canyon Road in Sorrento Valley; Country Club Road in Harmony Grove; Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach; La Jolla Boulevard in La ...

Warm February Doesn't Guarantee A Sweaty Summer

... Houston enjoyed steamy temperatures in the 80 s, and Austin and San Antonio were a smoldering 90 degrees long before university kids head to nearby beaches for spring break. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth meteorologist Brian James crunched the numbers on what a warm winter means when summer comes around — plenty of people have been asking him if "we'll be baking our butts off in the summer," he said. Space X to Send 2 Citizens to Moon in 2018: Elon Musk. Turns out there's not much of a correlation at all. This is North Texas's warmest average winter so far. But the next warmest winter only led to the area's 14 th warmest summer, back in 1999-2000, James found. The third warmest winter was 100 years ago, and that turned into the 86 th warmest summer on record. "You don't even correlate a top eight, or even a top 10 for that matter," James ...