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WEATHER: Why is it So Hot? The Science Behind SoCal’s Heat Wave

/in /by /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Alex Groves

It’s time to crank up those air conditioners, because the heat wave has arrived.

All across Southern California, temperatures will crest into the triple digits and likely break records. By Monday, the Inland valleys could see highs greater than 108 and the deserts could see highs greater than 120. The high temperatures have prompted the National Weather Service to put out an excessive heat warning that will last through Monday for coastal areas, Tuesday for the Inland valleys and Wednesday for the mountains and deserts.

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Temperatures Soar as Southern California’s Heat Wave Intensifies

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ruben Vives

High temperatures are expected to continue Sunday as Southern California’s heat wave intensifies, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters say the weather system that has been building over Southern California is strengthening and will cause temperatures to keep climbing higher. Temperatures are predicted to be in the low to mid-80s at the beaches and in the 90s to 100s inland. Cooling centers have opened up throughout the Southland for those needing refuge from the heat.

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California Drought Causes Largest Die-Off of Sierra Nevada Forests

/in /by /Associated Press (As Published by NBC Bay Area - San Jose)

California’s drought and a bark beetle epidemic have caused the largest die-off of Sierra Nevada forests in modern history, raising fears that trees could come crashing down on people or fuel deadly wildfires that could wipe out mountain communities.

Aerial images show vast forests that have turned a rust-color. The epidemic has killed an estimated 40 million trees since 2010 in the central and southern Sierra, and it’s spreading north.

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Dangerous Fires, Extreme Heat Causes Misery Across Southern California

/in /by /Los Angeles Times by Frank Shyong, Ruben Vives and Kate Mather

A monster heat wave descended on Southern California on Sunday, bringing triple-digit temperatures across a large swath of the region and fueling dangerous fires in Silver Lake and San Diego County.

The Border Fire east of San Diego had burned 1,500 acres, and officials were evacuating the town of Potrero. As of noon, numerous areas had exceeded 100 degrees, including Burbank, Beverly Hills, Woodland Hills, Fullerton, Glendale and Riverside. The 106-degree reading in Burbank set a new record for the day and Woodland Hills tied its record. One National Weather Service weather site showed a 112-degree reading in Beverly Hills.

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OPINION: Tunnel Vision a Mirage to Water Woes

/in /by /Stockton Recordby David Strecker

As a Delta farmer managing my family’s farming operation so it can be here for the next generation I am infuriated by what I see about the Delta water issues.An editorial by Jerry Meral of the Natural Heritage Institute has started appearing in local papers. This name may sound familiar if you follow Delta water issues. Meral was the leading tunnel advocate (T.A.) for Gov. Brown, also known as Gov. Tunnel Vision (T.V.), when he went to work for him in Sacramento.

 

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How Long Can Droughts Last? Trees May Have the Answer

/in /by /Daily Democrat (Woodland)by Steve Scauzillo

If trees could talk about the weather, Dave Meko would be out of a job.

Meko, a professor from the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, has made a career out of interpreting stories about rainfall, stream flows, climate patterns and most importantly, droughts silently hidden within California’s ancient pine trees.

 

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BLOG: New Regs Aim to Make Water Recycling Easier

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)

Only 10 years ago, the idea that Californians might one day drink treated wastewater from their kitchen taps seemed unfathomable. The notion of using recycled water to this degree was unpopular with the public, and seemed unnecessary.

The state’s ongoing drought has changed all that. Many water agencies over the past few years have rolled out small recycled water programs. These are mainly producing nonpotable water for outdoor irrigation, and have become popular with people who want to continue watering their gardens without impacting their water bills.

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“Rare, Dangerous” Heat Headed to Parts of the Western US

/in /by /Associated Press (As Published by NBC 4 - Columbus, Ohio)

It’s a dry heat, Phoenix residents like to say about Arizona’s hot weather. That bravado may vanish as the thermometer flirts with 120 degrees this weekend.

Phoenix won’t be alone in the oven. A strengthening ridge of high pressure lifting out of Mexico is on course to also scorch other parts of Arizona and southeast California, bringing potentially record-shattering temperatures. Though accustomed to triple digits, the upcoming heat spell is a rarity in Phoenix, a desert metropolis of 1.5 million people, raising concerns of heat stroke.

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Southland Survives Water ‘stress test’

/in /by /Inland News Today (Riverside)

Southern Californians are being praised for their water conservation during the ongoing drought. As a result, there are sufficient water supplies to get through the next three years.

The Metropolitan Water District’s ‘stress test’ means it will not be forced into mandatory conservation.

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Uncontrolled growth vs. a pleasant existence with H20

/in /by /Santa Maria Sunby KEN MCCALIP

After both my wife and I completed graduate studies in the late ’70s in the Los Angeles area, the question became, “Where should we make our permanent home?” We looked around us in the LA area at the hubbub of traffic and the mass of individuals in close proximity to us in the LA suburbs and it was not a pleasant picture or thought for our future. We both had grown up in the beauty and solitude of North Santa Barbara County in areas devoid of smog and the clamor of uncontrolled growth.

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