Southern Californians throughout the area awoke Thursday to what are anticipated to be some record-setting low temperatures as a winter chilly snap lingered within the area.
“We actually had an abnormally chilly morning to begin the day,” mentioned Brian Adams, a meteorologist with the Nationwide Climate Service in San Diego.
From northern Los Angeles County by means of San Diego, cities hit doubtlessly history-making low temperatures Thursday, climate specialists mentioned, although the information nonetheless have to be triple-checked earlier than they’re official. The chilly snap comes as residents battle with unusually excessive heating payments due to a spike in fuel costs.
In Los Angeles County, Lancaster and Palmdale could have damaged information for low temperatures Thursday morning, with preliminary readings exhibiting 19 levels in Lancaster early Thursday — about two levels under the present report for at the present time, mentioned Mike Wofford, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist in Oxnard. Palmdale hit probably as little as 21 levels, very near the prior report of 20 levels, Wofford mentioned.
In Orange County, Fullerton seems to have set a brand new low at 39 levels early Thursday, probably breaking at the present time’s earlier report set at 40 levels in 2012, Adams mentioned.
Oceanside and Ramona in San Diego County additionally probably set new report lows, hitting 32 and 21 levels early Thursday, Adams mentioned. Poway could have tied a previous report at 29 levels, he mentioned.
Thursday’s information will probably be confirmed and made official later within the day.
However Fullerton and San Jacinto each tied prior low temperatures on Wednesday, Adams mentioned, with Fullerton dropping to 39 levels — tying the report set in 2009 — and San Jacinto dropping to 31 levels, tying the 1989 report.
Within the mountains, Thursday morning additionally introduced some “single-digit windchill readings,” Adams mentioned.
The windchill in Large Bear dropped the temperatures to really feel like 5 levels, Adams mentioned. Lake Arrowhead and Working Springs had been additionally under 10 levels with the windchill at about 7 and 9 levels, respectively.
“It will actually be the coldest morning for the remainder of the week,” Adams mentioned. Over the subsequent few days the area will see warming, he mentioned, however “purely in a relative sense.”
He mentioned the subsequent few mornings will proceed to heat up by about 3 to five levels in some spots, however nothing drastic.
