One of the most scorching heatwaves to sizzle California during recorded history, where an astounding reading of 133 degrees was reported in Santa Barbara occurred on June 17

One day it may be in the 70s during an afternoon and a few days later the temperature may surge to 110 degrees. This dramatic warming is usually a result of

As altitude increases atmospheric pressure

As altitude increases in the troposphere the temperature usually

During a hot summer afternoon across the Mojave Desert of Southern California the temperature may be well over 100 degrees, whereas at the coast just an hour and a half away (with no traffic) the temperatures might be only in the very cool 60s. A typical wind that may be a response to this temperature configuration will blow

Santa Ana winds form because of

If it is cloudy and cool across the San Fernando Valley (at an elevation of about 650 feet above sea level) with the temperature of 65 degrees and it is sunny and hot across the Antelope Valley (at an elevation of 2,500 feet above sea level) with the temperature of 90 degrees you can tell there is a

Going from one extreme to another - a two decade long drought followed by a nearly two month long deluge that left parts of California underwater for six months with tremendous damage to infrastructure, economy and human as well as animal life occurred in