WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL SOUTHLAND'S CHRISTMASES HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DRY - BUT NOT THIS YEAR.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer While skiers in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, may have a white Christmas A white Christmas, to most people in the Northern Hemisphere, refers to snowy weather on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is far more common in some countries than in others. today, lowlanders can expect a rainy blue holiday - the first in 20 years, weather forecasters said. ``There's blue and there's blue - 'It's an ill wind that blows no good,''' said Larry Riddle, climatologist cli·ma·tol·o·gy n. The meteorological study of climates and their phenomena. cli  ma·to·log for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography oceanography, study of the seas and oceans. The major divisions of oceanography include the geological study of the ocean floor (see plate tectonics) and features; physical oceanography, which is concerned with the physical attributes of the ocean water, such as in La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and .
Forecasters say there is a 100 percent chance of rain today in 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. with between three-fourths inch and 1 1/2 inches expected 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. . The night-time rain forecast is 70 percent. The last time it rained on Christmas Day in Los Angeles was in 1983, when 1.16 inches dropped on downtown. ``Let me tell you, let me tell you, it's (been) a long time,'' said Bill Hoffer, a weather specialist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. ``Rain has been hovering around Christmas, before and after, for many years. It's like Christmas Day was an island,'' he said. The rain moved in this week as part of three western storms spinning out of an intense low-pressure zone off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, Hoffer said. Residents can expect umbrella weather on Christmas with the chance of showers tapering to 30 percent Friday. Gray skies will persist through the weekend, with a 40 percent chance of rain Monday and Tuesday. Highs are expected from the mid-50s to the low 60s, NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) forecasters said, with lows in the 40s and high 30s. Between 1 1/2 and 3 inches of rain is expected in the foothills, with snow levels dropping to 3,500 feet. Motorists may be hampered by snow on Interstate 5 on the Grapevine north of Los Angeles, Hoffer said. A half-inch of precipitation is predicted for the high deserts. Although winter rain is not abnormal for Southern California, historically Christmas Day itself somehow dodged much of the rainfall. Between 1948 and 1994, the latest year records were available, it rained five times on Christmas morning in Los Angeles, Riddle said. That's not all that unusual, he added, considering the low rainfall in Southern California. ``It's going to be gray and it's going to be wet,'' Hoffer said, ``but if it's going to be cheerful, (that) depends on the individual.'' Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: At Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Angela Galulyan, left, and Candiss Clenton get in some walking exercise on Wednesday, before the wet weather predicted for Christmas Day begins. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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