Dolores-Induced Clouds: A Case Study

The climate of Los angeles(34.0522° N, 118.2437° W) according to the Koppen classification system is a Csb. Also known as a mediterranean climate. La is 340 feet above sea level and 469 square miles. Los angeles has a change in rainfall with a very dry summer to a winter rainy season. The driest month LA gets is july and august with an average of .04 inches of rain. The wettest month La gets is february with 5.08 inches of rain. La gets an average yearly rainfall of 18.67 inches, which is relatively a small amount of rain because the national average is 36.5 inches of rain. But since it rains so little it makes LA a beautiful place almost year round. It has an average temperature of 63.8°f. The annual high is 71.7°f and the annual low is

3) A heavy rain pour down the city of Houston on June 19, 2006. According to the article from NBC news, there was a lot of cars stall and many neighborhoods flooded. There was as much as, “10.5 inches of rain reported,” and in some areas there was six inches of rain which caused delays in airports. The Houston city is no stranger to floods yet the amount of rain that poured as such little time was surprising.

Yesterday the temperature was 89 °F, tomorrow it’s supposed to be 88°F and the next day it’s supposed to be

A major problem in Southern California is that Los Angeles experiences very little rain all year, followed by intense downpours that last less than one day (53). Its unreliable rainfall severely hurts the region. In Northern California, mountains such as the Sierra Nevada allow for a huge range in rainfall over a short distance. “…a place on the western slope of the range may receive eighty or so inches of precipitation in a year, while a place on the east slope, fifty miles away, may receive ten inches or less” (58).

There was a high of 70* and a low of 55* Fahrenheit for Tuesday, March 8th. With an average wind speed of about 10 miles per hour and constant rain, it felt much colder to those in North Texas, Richland College students specifically.

On the Gulf side of Florida, with an average temperature of 81 degrees in the summer and 61 degrees in the winter, Land O'Lakes provides the perfect climate for year-round activities for the entire family. There's always something to do.

Every winter the Central Valley experiences radiation fog that forms across the area. The Central Valley in California has ideal conditions for radiation fog to form. The valley is between a coastal mountain range on the West Coast and on the east side is where the Sierra Nevada mountains sit (Herckes, et. Al). Due to this topography of this area air masses become stagnant and ventilation of the valley is hindered (Herckes, et. Al). The lack of ventilation in the valley leads to temperature inversions, because of high pressure systems that form of the Great Basin (Herckes, et. Al). This leads to radiation fog forming because of inversion during nights in which a layer of moist air is below a layer of drier air (Ahrens and Sampson 97).

Tuesday’s raucous rain is expected to continue for another 24 hours or so. Highs may break 60 degrees, but expect ample showers (and a possible thunderstorm) to make you want to cocoon in your blanket and play hooky.

As the weather gets hotter in Southern California, it is causing major problems. The heat wave that has traveled across the area since Sunday last week has been lingering around, longer than usual. Forecasters claim the heat wave will continue for awhile longer, and because of that, Fall is having a hot start. Temperatures are rising by day, hitting 95 degrees and maybe even a bit over 100. Although this week will start off a bit cooler but as it goes on, the weather will get hotter.

Continuous rainstorms in central Texas, including Travis County, have produced total rainfall amounts around twelve inches in over 200 cities. Twenty-eight deaths have been reported, as well as $3.4 million in property damage. Governor Greg Abbot has declared a state of emergency for the state.

Flash floods, mud slides and costal water rises are expected to occur in the states of Colima, Guerrero, Jaslisco and Michoacan that could last even into Saturday’s weather conditions. The nastiest weather conditions expected to be created by Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane on record, are likely to be on Friday afternoon and evening, rain that could end up falling between six and 12 inches and even in some areas to 20 inches in the higher altitudes, according to

“A common and important perennial weed of grassland, and a common impurity of grass seeds.” (Gill and Vear, 1980)

The fifty-three resident who live in the rural southern farming town of Wrongberight are expecting another deluge early Saturday night. They pray that it is nothing in comparison to the one that struck on Friday afternoon. It lasted ten hours, and added an additional eight inches of rain to the already saturated farmer’s fields and woodlands.

Nine hospitals in the region were closed to additional patients because of the flooding, the mayor said. Three apartment buildings were evacuated and residents were being sheltered at a mall, Turner added.Emmett said Monday afternoon he estimates 240 billion gallons of rain has fallen in the Houston area. That estimate may soon rise: Rain and thunderstorms are forecast for Houston through late Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

On February 28th, heavy showers hit California impacting the mountainsides that were scarred from all the wildfires. Those mountainsides are above suburbs east of Los Angeles. The heavy showers caused mud and debris to flow downward into