HAPPINESS
IS A WARM CUP
July 18, 2018, 6:26 PM PDT
Southern California Overview:
- Monsoonal moisture will continue scattered showers and thunderstorms through this evening.
- Another smaller chance for showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening.
- Drier and a big warming trend this weekend.
- A significant heat wave is likely to strike next week with excessive heat possible across the Southwestern United States.
United States Overview:
- Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms possible across the North-Central United States through the end of the work week.
- Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the Southeast through the end of the work week.
- Excessive heat will continue to pose concern across much of the western and south-central United States.
Local/State Headlines
- Ferguson Fire burns over 17,000 acres in Mariposa County.
- Thunderstorms pose possible new danger for crews battling 17,300-acre fire near Yosemite.
- Cruces Fire south of Lompoc burns 150 acres.
- L.A. County Lightning Prompts Evacuation of Santa Monica Beaches, Possibly Sparks Brush Fire in Encino.
- Morning thunderstorms rattle the Coachella Valley, 26 lightning strikes confirmed.
- Highway 1 Reopens Nearly 14 Months After Massive Mudslide Along Big Sur Coast.
- Chance of Thunderstorms Brings Muggy Conditions to SoCal.
- New Property Tax to Fund Cleaning Storm Water in L.A. County to Appear on November Ballot.
- Temps inland should fall a bit before jumping back over 100 early next week.
Nat’l/Int’l Headlines
- Part of Grand Teton National Park near Yellowstone supervolcano closed after massive fissure opens.
- New NASA satellites will better forecast hurricanes.
- Heatwave reveals incredible hidden history of the British Isles.
- DFW, TX: Nothing but heat!
- DENVER, CO: Hot, dry weather returns to Front Range.
- CHICAGO, IL: Cooler pattern to include daytime temps modestly below normal here into next week; buckling jet stream’s access to resurging tropical moisture sets the stage for Friday rains and t-storms across the Midwest.
- June 2018 was 5th warmest on record for the globe.
- Great Lakes ice cover decreasing over last 40 years.
- Iceberg looming over Greenland village is spotted from space.
- Titan occultation may give astronomers clues about Saturn's biggest moon.
- New NASA spacecraft will use a giant solar sail to explore asteroids.
- Scientists are practicing for upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury.
NOAA Weather
Needles, Needles Airport, CA
Last Updated on Jul 18 2018, 5:56 pm PDT
Weather by NOAA
Current Conditions: Fair
Temp: 107°F
Wind: South at 11mph
Humidity: 26%
Heat Index: 112°F
On this day – 7.18.2015
Moisture from Hurricane Dolores, along with monsoon moisture resulted in showers and thunderstorms over most of Southern California on this day through 7/19. Rainfall ranged from 0.5 to 4 inches, including a record 1.71 inches at San Diego on this day. This was unprecedented July rainfall: record single-day and July monthly total. These two days recorded two of the three wettest July days on the San Diego record. The San Diego River at Fashion Valley had two crests above monitor stage, 7.7 feet on this day and 8.8 feet on 7/19. A debris flow hit the burn scar of Silverado Canyon on 7/19 as well as flash floods in Moreno Valley, Perris, and La Mesa. A wet microburst struck San Diego’s Tierrasanta on this day, causing wind damage, and a haboob caused wind damage in the Anza Borrego Park and also in Palm Desert. On this day the rain caused the first rain-out of a Los Angeles Angels baseball game since 1995, and a rare 2-hour rain delay at the San Diego Padres baseball game. Over 2000 lightning strikes were reported on this day, some starting small brush fires. Isolated intense thunderstorms developed across far southern Imperial County on this day. Large hail of 1.25 inches was observed on this day in the town of Heber, just to the south of El Centro, but no hail damage was reported.