RAIN, TEMPERATURES FALL IN AREA; VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS COOL UP TO 27 DEGREES IN TWO-DAY SPAN.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer What a week for weather: First, it was record-setting heat in the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. . Now, the mercury is plummeting and there's record-breaking rain, weather experts said Friday. It wasn't hard to break rain records on Friday - with Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. rarely receiving downpours the first week of September, said Bruce Rockwell, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Oxnard. On Friday, Lancaster recorded 0.78 inches of rainfall - beating its 0.70 record for the same day in 1963, Rockwell said. Oxnard also tied its 0.04 record from 1963. Trace amounts of rain were reported throughout the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . The rain cooled temperatures by as much as 27 degrees in the San Fernando Valley from Thursday to Friday, weather experts said. Van Nuys's high for Friday was 74 - 27 degrees lower than its 101 temperature Thursday, meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
``You don't see that dramatic drop too often,'' Rockwell said. Elsewhere on Friday, Woodland Hills reached 76, Burbank 73, Chatsworth 80 and the Los Angeles Civic Center 83 - marking a 19-degree drop from its 102 temperature on Thursday. All of these areas recorded at least traces of rain. Today, the forecast calls for temperatures in the high 70s, with cloudy cloudy (clou´de) 1. murky; turbid; not transparent. 2. marked by indistinct streaks. skies and a 30 percent chance for showers, Rockwell said. There may also be afternoon and evening thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. . ``I think it's still going to be on the humid hu·mid adj. Containing or characterized by a high amount of water or water vapor: humid air; a humid evening. See Synonyms at wet. and uncomfortable side,'' Rockwell said. A low-pressure system is pulling in moist air from the south, weather experts said, causing the humidity and rain mostly in trace amounts. But don't expect the cooler temperatures to last long, Rockwell said. Beginning Sunday through Tuesday, temperatures are expected to rise to the mid-90s to 105 in the San Fernando Valley. To provide relief in the intense heat, the city's Department of Recreation and Parks plans to keep the 19 local swimming pools open beyond their usual closing date shortly after Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. , officials said. Public recreational swimming will continue at least through Sept. 13 and may even be extended through Sept. 20, said Joe Batarse, a spokesman for the Department of Recreation and Parks. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Mist and heavy fog prompts vehicles passing through Topanga Canyon to turn on their headlights on a gloomy Friday. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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