RAINSTORM MEETS A ROADBLOCK; HIGH-PRESSURE AREA DIMINISHES POWER OF FRONT.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer A Pacific storm that lingered over 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. on Tuesday lost much of its punch when it stalled offshore before making landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. some 12 hours later than predicted. ``All the indications were that it was a fast-moving cold front that was just going to come chugging through, but it just got hung up,'' said National Weather Service meteorologist technician Bill Hoffer Skies were expected to clear Tuesday night, leading to partly sunny skies and highs into the low 70s today, Hoffer said. Thursday morning should also be sunny with cloud cover increasing in the afternoon, he said. The weekend may have overcast skies, but it is too early to say if any more rain is on the horizon, he said. Tuesday's rain moved slowly through Los Angeles, largely because of a high-pressure area that built up ahead of the storm and acted like a roadblock, he said. Forecasters had predicted up to an inch of rain in valley and coastal areas from a storm arriving after 10 p.m. Monday. Instead, the first rain fell in 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. about 11 a.m. Tuesday and dropped less than one-tenth of an inch in most areas by 5 p.m., Hoffer said. The Civic Center recorded one-fifth of an inch. ``It dumped before it got onshore,'' Hoffer said of the storm's sapped strength. There were no reports of any major-injury vehicle crashes in which the rain was a factor, Los Angeles police and California Highway Patrol officers said. The rain and cold were suspected of causing an 8-inch water main to burst about 2:40 p.m. at Valley Circle Boulevard and Calvert Street in Woodland Hills. ``It blew out due to a change in the weather A Change in the Weather is a 1995 work of interactive fiction by Andrew Plotkin, in which the player-character is caught in a rainstorm while out in the countryside. It won the Inform category at the inaugural 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition. ,'' said Department of Water and Power spokeswoman Marie Lemelle. The pipe break caused a sinkhole sinkhole or sink or doline Depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. Sinkholes vary greatly in area and depth and may be very large. and forced the closure of all four lanes of the boulevard from Calvert to Caris Street for several hours. The main provided water solely to St. Bernardine's Catholic Church and School. Administrators said classes were regularly scheduled to recess about the time of the break so students were not affected. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. crews hoped to have the pipe fixed by about 8 p.m. Tuesday, Lemelle said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Mike Jordt's newspaper doubles as rainy-day headgear headgear, n the apparatus encircling the head or neck and providing attachment for an intraoral appliance in use of extraoral anchorage. headgear, radiologic, n a device that is used to protect the head from injury by radiation. while the 18-year-old waits for a ride Tuesday at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. Andy Holzman/Daily News (2) Palm trees augment Scott Jensen's umbrella while he checks out the waves Tuesday in Ventura. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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