HAPPINESS
IS A WARM CUP
August 14, 2018, 11:09 AM PDT
Southern California Overview:
- Not much change in temperatures through Wednesday. Warming is expected Thursday and Friday with minor changes going into the weekend.
- Night to morning low clouds and fog returning to the coastal plain and some valleys through Thursday, but decreasing by the end of the week.
- Slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the mountains of eastern Los Angeles County Thursday and Friday.
United States Overview:
- Heavy rain possible over parts of the Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley.
Local/State Headlines
- Firefighter Dies Battling Mendocino Complex, Largest Wildfire Ever Recorded in California.
- Suspected Arson Blaze Grows to 100 Acres, Prompts Evacuations in San Diego County.
- Business owners, visitors rejoice as Yosemite reopens.
- Scientists study how wildfire smoke affects people, environment.
- CENTRAL COAST REGION: Temps stay mild thru mid-week before warming inland again.
Nat’l/Int’l Headlines
- Glacier latest U.S. Park to be scorched by Western wildfires.
- Pennsylvania boy, 12, stranded on tree is rescued from raging floodwaters.
- Drenching rain, flooding wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania.
- Residents recovering after flooding devastates parts of New Jersey.
- Air Pollution Action Day in effect Tuesday for a good portion of northeast Illinois.
- CHICAGO, IL: Shower/t-storm prospects rise; heavy downpours possible.
- TWIN CITIES, MN: Storms possible Tuesday.
- Cosmic ‘frisbees’ could tell us how our solar system formed.
NOAA Weather
Los Angeles / USC Campus Downtown, CA
Last Updated on Aug 14 2018, 9:47 am PDT
Weather by NOAA
Current Conditions: Fair
Temp: 78°F
Wind: North at 0mph
Humidity: 62%
Dewpoint: 64.0°F
On this day – 8.14.2004
Thunderstorms hit both Yucca Valley and Phelan, and produced an F0 tornado in Phelan. The thunderstorms produced severe flash flooding that damaged homes in Spring Valley Lake (Victorville) and Hesperia. Vehicles were trapped in five feet of water. Water eight feet deep inundated a railroad causing major delays (a train backup extending to Cajon Pass). The tornado caused little damage, but damages from flash flooding exceeded $5 million.