Tag: weather
Rain Initiates The Rainy Season
UNITED STATES—Seasons here may seem to be less extreme than they are within other climates. Summer warmth is rarely too hot, and when it...
Frost Damage Makes Its Appearance
UNITED STATES—Exotic plants are not native. They are from someplace else. Yet, most plants within most home gardens are exotic. Most are capable of...
LA County Distributing NOAA Radios To Malibu Resients
MALIBU—The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Los Angeles County Fire Department will distribute free National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
Excessive Heatwaves
UNITED STATES—A vast majority of the United States has been dealing with some extreme heat lately. For me I have never and will never...
Dog Days Of Summer Warmth
UNITED STATES—Summer began more than a week ago. Subsequently, the dog days of summer continue from the third of July to the eleventh of...
Arid Climates Can Be Quite Challenging
UNITED STATES—'Mediterranean' translates as an adjective that describes being at the middle of the Earth. Those who inhabited that region many centuries ago considered...
Frosted Vegetation Is Ugly Vegetation
UNITED STATES—Weather is variable everywhere. Climates and seasons are imprecisely regulating. They merely define predictable ranges of the elements of weather, such as temperature,...
Warmth Accelerates Early Spring Bloom
UNITED STATES—Unseasonable warmth and dryness has been great this winter. Such weather is often an advantage of this locally mild climate. Chill never gets...
Frost Damage Is So Totally Not Cool
UNITED STATES—Frost happens. It may not happen every winter. It may not happen everywhere. For a few of the mildest climates, it may not...
Frost Is Technically Different From Chill
UNITED STATES—'Chill' could almost be a pleasant euphemism for 'frost'. Both words describe cool or cold weather that occurs during winter. The obvious difference...
Chill Helps Plants Distinguish Seasons
UNITED STATES—The Santa Clara Valley was formerly famous for stone fruit orchards. The San Fernando Valley was formerly famous for citrus orchards. The Wenatchee...
Flood Advisory Issued In Los Angeles County
STUDIO CITY/MALIBU—The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Studio City on Monday, October 25. The advisory was issued for Los Angeles County...
Cooler Weather Is Slower Weather
UNITED STATES—Weather is not quite as warm as it had been. Warm days do not last quite as long as they did earlier in...
Late Summer Bloom Until Winter Chill
UNITED STATES—Seasonal changes keep gardening interesting. Like colors of a rainbow, seasons are not as distinct as their dates on a calendar imply. Each...
Humidity Is The ‘Other’ Weather Condition
UNITED STATES—It is difficult to always ignore the weather. Regardless of how pleasant it typically is here, it sometimes gets warm or cool. It...
Spring Is Coming People
UNITED STATES—Can you believe it we are less than a week away from spring officially arriving? Yes, it has been a brutal year for...
Last Frost Dates Help Crucial Scheduling
UNITED STATES—Frost is not as much of a concern here as it is in other climates. It is very rare in some of the...
Winter Is The Main Season For Pruning
UNITED STATES—Plants are unable to migrate to warmer climates for winter like so many migratory birds do. They are immobile for their entire lives....
Weather Is All About Local Climate
UNITED STATES—Weather has no thermostat. There is no automation. It is naturally variable. Weather is constantly changing like, well . . . the weather....
Sea Breeze Brings Relief Of Hot Temperatures
CALIFORNIA—The last two days brought temperatures in the upper 90s across the state of California. Thursday June 11, temperatures began to decline along the...
