A nearly two hour long traffic jam as we headed back to the hotel from the San Fernando Valley today. We headed up to Universal Studios and Warner Brothers Studio. This morning, there was no marine layer, so temperatures quickly shot up to near 100. The Bob Hope Airport in Burbank (which was visible from …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
The Marine Layer of Iowa
The last few mornings here in Los Angeles have had a marine layer, with low clouds and haze which dissolve by mid-morning into bright sunshine. Well the same has been happening in Iowa as well, with a lot of dense fog shrouding the sky. Dense Fog Advisories continue through mid-morning for the eastern half of …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #3
Here is the weekend Football forecast, for Sept 11th and 12th. Friday Night Football: Kickoff: Partly to Mostly Cloudy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, temperatures 70-77 degrees, chance of rain (15% east to 60% west) south wind 5-10mph. End of Game: Partly to Mostly Cloudy, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, temperatures 63-70, south …
6 Days in SOCAL: The Zoo of Paramount
Today, was a trip to Paramount Studios, and then a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. Like every other morning, the marine layer had clouded over the sky, but by the time we arrived at mid-morning at Paramount Studios, it had burned off. We took a side trip (also known as getting lost) to Glendale …
Wetter Period Ahead
The chances of rain today and into tomorrow still exist, the chances have dwindled to the point of barely mentioning the risk of rain today into early tomorrow at all. However, the chance of rain still does exist beginning late Friday through the upcoming weekend. Rain chances each day will range between 30-40% This could …
The End of Dry Weather
The last few days have been really dry, which has been a good thing especially in the eastern part of the state, where there had been over 10 inches of rain in just a 3 days stretch a little over a week ago. That is about to come to an end. A front is about …
6 Days in SOCAL: Hopping Around in Hollywood
From a morning in Culver City at Sony Pictures, to an afternoon in front of Graumann’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, Tuesday was a spectuluar day across southern California. Temperatures were nearly the same as Monday, with highs generally in the lower 80s across L.A. Smoke from the Station Fire couldn’t be seen this far …
6 Days in SOCAL: Catalina Pictures
6 Days in SOCAL: Catalina Cruising
Early in the morning, we set off for Avalon on the island of Catalina, or Santa Catalina as it is known. Under the marine layer that was blowing on shore from the Pacific Ocean, we set out at 8:30am out of the landing, in downtown Long Beach, sailing past the Queen Mary and a Carnival …
6 Days in SOCAL: Arrival
Blogging this evening from Century Blvd in Los Angeles. The trip wasn’t a problem, and the temperature is pleasant in the City of Angels. We could not get any pictures taken while in the air, but some pictures will be available on the blog (we hope) tomorrow evening. Iowa Weather: Temperatures will continue to stay …