California is quite large, Pat, and it is much larger in the N-S
direction than the E-W direction. It exhibits a large range of altitudes
as well. The Rockies exert major orographic effects on the weather
patterns. All this leads to wide range of climatology. Very large
sections of the state are indeed desert lands, especially in the
southern part of the state, and that includes the Los Angeles area.
Wikipedia notes that the Los Angeles area averages only 35 days of
precipitation per year. This is one of the reasons that the film
industry took off there -- fewer shooting schedules ruined by rain!
Hollywood is one of the cities in that LA metropolitan area.
Jim
On 2011-03-23 1944, Pat Naughtin wrote:
On 2011/03/24, at 01:51 , James R. Frysinger wrote:
I was pleasantly surprised to see metric units used in this UCLA website
comparing Japan and California. Go to
http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/overlay1.htm
Then use the right arrow to progress through the next two frames.
Dear Jim,
Thanks for this reference. I was struck by the rainfall in Los Angeles at 350
millimetres per year. As a rule of thumb I have used 250 mm to mean desert in
the past but I didn't know that Los Angeles was near this desert conditions
level.
Cheers,
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