[Buckeye Native 001]

Look! Up in the sky! Rain!
By Jesus Sanchez, Times Staff Writer
9:28 AM PDT, July 23, 2007

Rain surprises commuters
click to enlargeMany Southern California residents awoke this morning to a rare — at least in this area — summer sight: raindrops.

Monsoonal moisture flowing across the region brought scattered showers and cloudy skies, leaving traces of rain in downtown Los Angeles and other locales that hardly see any moisture in July.

There is a 20% chance of showers and thundershowers across Los Angeles for the remainder of the day, and most places can expect at most a tenth of an inch of precipitation, said weather specialist Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.

The clouds should help moderate temperatures, with highs ranging from the mid- to low 80s across coastal areas, upper 80s to mid-90s in the valleys and Inland Empire.

The moist air mass is expected to linger over the area, creating a slight chance of showers and sprinkles Tuesday, the weather service said.

jesus.sanchez@latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-rain23jul24,1,1349745.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true


So anyone else get rain this morning? We got some in Orange, and its been really frickin' humid all day.

[WonderlandPark]

Here in Sunland, got some, twice, once woke me up 4-5 ish and another small spritz at 9.

LA's average in july is .01 inches - our driest month.

Humid like Chicago, too.

[Upward]

There was a little rain last night when I was going to bed. It helped me sleep very well. :) It was great to see, because it's obvious how dry this year has been.

[Buckeye Native 001]

^Chris, weren't we talking about rain in July at the meet at one point? :haha:

I read somewhere that the last time we got precipitation in the month of July was 1986. It got really cloudy yesterday evening around 5pm, but I thought it might've just been the marine layer setting in early.

[tujunga]

The negative ions felt so good. :yes:

[Derek]

I was actually driving on the 5 crossing into Orange County when out of nowhere it started raining on Sunday. It was a pleasant site.


The deserts are having crazy insane thunderstorms down here in San Diego County. I went offroading in the mud and rain today. It was sick. :)