Weather

After a lightning storm delayed the start of its Western Regional game Sunday night in Arizona, the Crescenta Valley-Foothill Junior All-Stars took the field against host Thornydale of Arizona. The teams didn't get far, though, never making it out of the first inning before rain came down on an already soaked diamond to lead to the postponement of the game. CVFH and Thornydale will now play Monday at 5 p.m. and the winner will play a to-be-determined opponent right after the game.

Tim Willert An unseasonable weather pattern that brought cloudy skies and morning drizzle to Glendale on Monday is expected to stick around until Thursday, forecasters said. A stationary low-pressure system combined with a deeper than normal marine layer is responsible for the overcast conditions, National Weather Service Specialist Stuart Seto said Monday. "It's not unusual in May or June," Seto said. "But it's kind of unusual for August." The clouds and drizzle are expected to last until Thursday morning, when a gradual warming trend should move in, Seto said.

GLENDALE ? A showdown between the region's best boys' and girls' track teams will have to wait. On Friday, area coaches agreed to cancel today's second annual All-Area Meet at Glendale Community College's Sartoris Field because of the possibility of inclement weather. "Bottom line, [the weather] is supposed to be ugly," Burbank Coach Darin Wolf said. "I am afraid that the hail and snow we experienced in the area [Friday] morning is only an indication of what [today] has in store.

For the last few days, I had optimistically hoped the TV weather reports and Doppler radar were going to be wrong. I had turned a blind eye toward my leaky roof. I was even willing to pretend the mud sliding down the street wasn’t foreshadowing more ominous things on the horizon. But on Tuesday morning, when Al Roker showed up to do the “Today Show” weather report from our neighborhood, I came to terms with reality. Last week, he was covering the horrific events in Haiti.

It was hot on Saturday, but not too hot. In fact, it appeared to (finally) be a perfect day for a Hometown Country Fair. After striking out the last two years due to extreme weather, members of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, organizers of the fair, can heave a sigh of relief that this year’s event turned out to be everything they knew it could be. “We knew that if the weather cooperated, the fair would be a wonderful outreach...

Claudia Peschiutta GLENDALE -- It may seem hard to believe with the clouds and cool weather of the past few days, but Memorial Day weekend is expected to be hot and dry. "It's going to be a nice weekend," meteorologist Curt Kaplan said Thursday. The winter-like weather we've seen this week is common during this time of year, he said. When warm weather heats up the inland and desert areas, Kaplan explained, the hot air rises, bringing in cool air and clouds from the Pacific Ocean.

Founders Day event postponed Organizers of the event celebrating the 96th anniversary of Montrose on Sunday announced that it would be postponed to March 1, citing forecasts of rain and cold weather. Montrose Founders Day is scheduled to feature the Gremoli New Orleans Jazz Band, an old time photo exhibit, a grand nine-tier birthday cake representing the ninth decade since the original Montrose land sale, the Harvest Market and other attractions on the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As of Wednesday, there was a 20% chance of rain and inclement weather forecast for the weekend.

Joshua M. Pelzer GLENDALE - Heavy storms swept through the region Saturday, bringing record rains and causing flooding and traffic hazards in some areas. A low-pressure jet stream moving east combined with an upper-level, low- pressure system bringing two-to-four inches of rain across the region, National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Hoffer said. "The atmosphere is still saturated from the storm and until it dries out, we have a lot of low-level moisture lying around," he said.

Chuck Benedict Television weathermen, like Dallas Raines of KABC-TV Channel 7, often are the most popular personalities at their stations. If this is not a coincidence, what gives a weatherman such a positive image? DALLAS RAINES: For years, my working with weather has been an addiction. That creates a positive image. I have preferred to turn down game show offers because the weather spirit within me dominates. That spirit has spilled over into my personal feelings and I like to share myself with the community.

Rima Shah The warm weather that Glendale residents have been enjoying will cool off for the rest of the week, according to Bob Gregg, a local amateur climatologist. Monday's weather, with a high of 75 degrees, was warm, but not even close to the record high for the day. The record for this date was 85 degrees, in 1989, Gregg said. The Santa Ana winds, which blow in from the northeast and compress as they go down the mountains, are a cause for the recent warm temperature, he said.

A cold, blustery storm originating from the Gulf of Alaska is expected to move down the California coast Tuesday, creating traffic headaches in some places, authorities warned. Possible thunderstorms were expected to affect most of the Southland, bringing between one-tenth to half an inch of rain in most areas, the L.A. Times reported. Snow could fall as low as 1,500 feet, and there was high potential for icy roadways, including Interstate 5 from the Grapevine to the Santa Clarita Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

Frigid overnight temperatures have led to an influx of homeless in the city, some of whom have been erecting tents and loitering at a park near the Adult Recreation Center, intimidating seniors who use the space to do tai chi, city officials said. In one case, officials found one tent that had a microwave. Last weekend, some transients began fighting. Many of those who have been causing problems at Glendale Central Library or in the park are homeless people who don't use the emergency winter shelter at the National Guard Armory on Colorado Boulevard.

With the Southland in a vise grip of below-normal temperatures, Glendale officials said they had to turn away up to a dozen homeless people a night from the regional winter shelter at the National Guard Armory last week. Homeless people have been lining up more than three hours outside the armory on Colorado Boulevard for a chance at 80 beds that have been filling up nightly, but demand has been outstripping available space, officials reported at a Glendale Homeless Coalition meeting Tuesday.

A weather system blowing into the region today will bring with it a chance of rain and cooler temperatures through the weekend, forecasters say. As the cloud cover builds, expect a 20% chance of rain in the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena region Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. The threat of rain will increase heading into the weekend, with a 50% chance of precipitation on Saturday before starting to taper off Sunday into next week. The cloud cover will also push daytime temperatures down into the 50s, according to the weather service.

Falling behind 34 points at halftime, the Marshall Fundamental football team knew it was in for a tough Saturday evening. The Eagles, though, showed some defensive resilience in the second half in only allowing two touchdowns before falling, 48-0, to host Windward School in Alpha League play at Palisades High. With the defeat, Marshall's second in a row, the Eagles fell to 3-5 overall and 0-4 in league. "We didn't give up and that's what I appreciate about the guys. They kept fighting," Marshall first-year Coach Jim Arellanes said.

After a lightning storm delayed the start of its Western Regional game Sunday night in Arizona, the Crescenta Valley-Foothill Junior All-Stars took the field against host Thornydale of Arizona. The teams didn't get far, though, never making it out of the first inning before rain came down on an already soaked diamond to lead to the postponement of the game. CVFH and Thornydale will now play Monday at 5 p.m. and the winner will play a to-be-determined opponent right after the game.

The gloomy, cold weather that put a damper on May Day protests will continue into next week, though forecasters say residents can expect a slight temperature spike by Friday.   A “very dense marine layer” is responsible for the morning drizzle, cloudy skies and fog, according to National Weather Service spokeswoman Bonnie Bartling. The weather specialist said some areas of the Valley, such as La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta, have gotten close to a half-inch of rain from the drizzle alone, which she called “a little odd.”  “Each day we'll get a little better burn-off going,” Bartling said.

A wet cold front that is producing heavy rains and thunder in the region is expected to start clearing out tonight, paving the way for partly cloudy and eventually clear skies this weekend. But first, the region will have to get through the ragged weather. As temperatures around Los Angeles County dip into the low 50s, a snowstorm is expected to hit the mountains, causing snow levels to drop to as low as 3,500 feet. Eight to 14 inches of snow is expected to fall above 5,500 feet.

The weekend storm is gone and temperatures will warm up as the week progresses, the National Weather Service said Monday. Residents can expect rain and snow to stop if it hasn't already, and skies should be clear until at least Friday, said NWS weather specialist Stuart Seto. Monday will see highs of 60 downtown; temperatures are expected to spike to 68 on Tuesday and remain in the upper 60s the rest of the week. In the tri-city region, daytime highs are expected to hit the mid-70s by midweek, according to the weather service.

Warm weather is returning to much of Los Angeles, with highs reaching the 70s in inland areas Tuesday and perhaps near 80 on Wednesday. Beaches will be slightly cooler, staying in the 60s Tuesday and reaching near 70 Wednesday. But enjoy the warm, sunny weather while it lasts. By the weekend, maximum temperatures "will drop like a rock with most locations not even getting out of the 60s," the National Weather Service said. Low, cool clouds and fog that hug the coast are expected to return later in the week.