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Old Mar 9, 2020 | 11:02 am
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Originally Posted by Velocipediste
An anomaly here in California is that there was no rain for all of February for much of the state. That has meant lower humidities and colder temperatures, especially nighttime temperatures. (Rainy weather usually means warmer temperatures as the clouds keep heat from radiating into outer space.)
Rainy weather in winter prevents steep radiative cooling over night in cold spells but it does not lead to any temperature in the sense of being warm. Most winter rain in California are due to cold front passage, so temperature will drop rather than rise.

Originally Posted by narvik
Cheers.
Will be interesting to see the effect on COVID-19 spread, if any!
I cannot read Spanish. Could you tell how long the period and what are the temperature and humidity forecasts? The later could be relative humidity, or dew point temperature, or simply some descriptive words.

I am doubtfully a synoptic (3-7 days) event will make a detectable difference.
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