Weather: December Daily Weather III, We Came upon a midnight clear., 1 by Kelli

Kelli wrote:
We got some more rain yesterday evening and overnight. Over the two days we got almost an inch of rain.


Updated: 2:51 PM PST on December 19, 2007
Observed at: Van Nuys, California
Elevation: 797 ft / 243 m
58 °F / 14 °C
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 81%
Dew Point: 52 °F / 11 °C
Wind: 8 mph / 13 km/h / 3.6 m/s from the South


We went to the Arboretum today. Some people were filming there (movie, t.v. show, or commercial) and they had a live lion.


Rann, you asked about the grass. The grasslands out here consist mainly of wild oats and mustard, which are both non-native annuals. There is also a smattering of other native and non-native annuals. They all die out in the summer. In general, if there has been a decent amount of rain, the grasslands turn green in January and stay fairly green into June. Last year was one of the driest years on record so we didn't have much extensive green. Here is a fairly good representative picture taken probably around 1990. This area is a mile or two south of where I was the other day. That box canyon that we walked into is probably just on the other side of the ridge in the background.