188,451reported cases1,022deathsIn April, the California Department of Public Health began reporting new cases and tests on a . This page will update on Tuesdays and Fridays.Jump to a sectionGo to a section Over the past week, the county has averaged 58 new cases and 1 new death per day. On Thursday, 126 new cases and 4 deaths were reported.Seven-day averages offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals.On Jan. 3, 2022, the state reported an of new cases due to a backlog . The entire bar may not appear on this chart.An people have recovered from COVID-19 or are no longer...…188,451reported cases1,022deathsIn April, the California Department of Public Health began reporting new cases and tests on a . This page will update on Tuesdays and Fridays.Jump to a sectionGo to a section Over the past week, the county has averaged 58 new cases and 1 new death per day. On Thursday, 126 new cases and 4 deaths were reported.Seven-day averages offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals.On Jan. 3, 2022, the state reported an of new cases due to a backlog . The entire bar may not appear on this chart.An people have recovered from COVID-19 or are no longer...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A deep low-pressure system that was about 1,000 miles west of Oregon on Friday will tap moisture originating in the subtropical Pacific and direct it toward Oregon and Northern California, the National Weather Service said.The plume of moisture is predicted to be an at landfall, said F. Martin Ralph, a leading authority on atmospheric rivers and director of the Center for Western Water and Weather Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow, concentrated bands of water vapor carried along...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A deep low-pressure system that was about 1,000 miles west of Oregon on Friday will tap moisture originating in the subtropical Pacific and direct it toward Oregon and Northern California, the National Weather Service said.The plume of moisture is predicted to be an at landfall, said F. Martin Ralph, a leading authority on atmospheric rivers and director of the Center for Western Water and Weather Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow, concentrated bands of water vapor carried along...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Expanding and intensifying portends an early start to the wildfire season, and the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting above-normal potential for large wildfires by midsummer.Mountain snowpack has been , southern Cascades and the Great Basin, and the agency warns that these areas need to be monitored closely as fuels continue to dry out. The agency also cites a warm, dry pattern in Oregon and central and eastern Washington, and assigns all of these areas a higher-than-average likelihood of wildfires in July.Precipitation...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Expanding and intensifying portends an early start to the wildfire season, and the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting above-normal potential for large wildfires by midsummer.Mountain snowpack has been , southern Cascades and the Great Basin, and the agency warns that these areas need to be monitored closely as fuels continue to dry out. The agency also cites a warm, dry pattern in Oregon and central and eastern Washington, and assigns all of these areas a higher-than-average likelihood of wildfires in July.Precipitation...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A low-pressure trough pushing into Northern California from the eastern Pacific will bring widespread showers to the part of the state most in need of rain.The is expected to push a cold front into Northern California Monday morning through Monday evening, causing widespread showers and breezy southwest winds gusting 25 to 40 mph in the higher elevations, the National Weather Service said. Showers will continue Monday night and Tuesday as the trough itself pushes through, and weak instability could cause thundershowers. High...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A low-pressure trough pushing into Northern California from the eastern Pacific will bring widespread showers to the part of the state most in need of rain.The is expected to push a cold front into Northern California Monday morning through Monday evening, causing widespread showers and breezy southwest winds gusting 25 to 40 mph in the higher elevations, the National Weather Service said. Showers will continue Monday night and Tuesday as the trough itself pushes through, and weak instability could cause thundershowers. High...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Strong, gusty expected to develop Sunday night will raise fire weather concerns on land and potentially some big waves off the Southern California coast, the National Weather Service said.The prospect of the strongest, most widespread so far this season has led to the issuance of red flag fire warnings, most of which take effect in the early hours of Monday morning. Super-dry air will drive relative humidity down to the single digits, causing critical fire conditions late Sunday night through Tuesday. Fuels are after months with...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Strong, gusty expected to develop Sunday night will raise fire weather concerns on land and potentially some big waves off the Southern California coast, the National Weather Service said.The prospect of the strongest, most widespread so far this season has led to the issuance of red flag fire warnings, most of which take effect in the early hours of Monday morning. Super-dry air will drive relative humidity down to the single digits, causing critical fire conditions late Sunday night through Tuesday. Fuels are after months with...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a brief interlude of Saturday, a warm-up is forecast to begin Sunday as upper-level high pressure builds into California, the National Weather Service said. High temperatures will climb by several degrees on Sunday.California just recorded its on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the state looks to be stuck in a nearly endless loop of hot, dry weather.With a strong La Niña developing, the dry pattern is looking ever harder to break, and could be settling in to stay for a while. The...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a brief interlude of Saturday, a warm-up is forecast to begin Sunday as upper-level high pressure builds into California, the National Weather Service said. High temperatures will climb by several degrees on Sunday.California just recorded its on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the state looks to be stuck in a nearly endless loop of hot, dry weather.With a strong La Niña developing, the dry pattern is looking ever harder to break, and could be settling in to stay for a while. The...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Chances of in Northern California have largely done a vanishing act, the National Weather Service said.Disappointment hangs in the air like smoke and ash from the West’s on record.But a welcome cooling trend will continue across the state into the weekend, and drizzle is possible in Southern California on Friday night and Saturday.After that, are likely to bring a return to through midweek in the Southland.AdvertisementIn Northern California, dry northerly winds return Sunday into next week, the weather service said.The hoped-for...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Chances of in Northern California have largely done a vanishing act, the National Weather Service said.Disappointment hangs in the air like smoke and ash from the West’s on record.But a welcome cooling trend will continue across the state into the weekend, and drizzle is possible in Southern California on Friday night and Saturday.After that, are likely to bring a return to through midweek in the Southland.AdvertisementIn Northern California, dry northerly winds return Sunday into next week, the weather service said.The hoped-for...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Santa Ana winds are strong, dry downslope winds in Southern California and northern Baja California. They’re caused by clockwise circulation around areas of surface high pressure east of the Sierra Nevada in the Great Basin region. These offshore winds occur mainly in the fall, but can arise during other seasons as well.Relatively cool air from the area of high pressure flows across the deserts and through passes in the mountains toward lower pressure at the coast. As the air sinks, it is compressed and warms. It also loses moisture,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Santa Ana winds are strong, dry downslope winds in Southern California and northern Baja California. They’re caused by clockwise circulation around areas of surface high pressure east of the Sierra Nevada in the Great Basin region. These offshore winds occur mainly in the fall, but can arise during other seasons as well.Relatively cool air from the area of high pressure flows across the deserts and through passes in the mountains toward lower pressure at the coast. As the air sinks, it is compressed and warms. It also loses moisture,...WW…