SCV'S CHILLY WEATHER TO START WARMING UP.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The weekend cold snap cold snap Noun a short period of cold and frosty weather Noun 1. cold snap - a spell of cold weather cold spell that dusted Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. mountains with snow and left a sheet of ice Monday on windshields will melt into milder weather by next weekend. While overnight temperatures were expected to dip as low as the upper 20s, today will be mostly sunny, breezy and clear with highs in the mid-50s and overnight lows in the mid-30s to lowers 40s, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Weather Service. Daytime temperatures will gradually increase and hit the lower 70s by the weekend, according to the forecast. The weekend storm dropped less than an inch of rain in Santa Clarita, bringing the season total to a scant scant adj. scant·er, scant·est 1. Barely sufficient: paid scant attention to the lecture. 2. Falling short of a specific measure: a scant cup of sugar. 7.5 inches. The local average for the rainy season, which runs Oct. 1 to June 30, is 18.19 inches. Last year, more than 50 inches of rain fell in the area, resulting in landslides, overflowing creeks and severe road damage. This latest storm proved good news on the fire front, however, capping a spell of hot, dry weather that resulted in 12 days of brush fire warnings. Santa Clarita has largely escaped any serious brush fires, but added crews were on hand in recent weeks because of the potential. |
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