Why is it raining right now in california?

Question

well i live in southern cali.

L.A

and it was pretty hot today why would it start raining right now?

Answer 1

"It never rains in California..."

I think it is raining everywhere!

I live in Indiana.  I cannot remember a spring/summer when we have had so much rain.  Heck!  It rains here every day!

Normally, we would be experiencing a drought at this time of year!

I'm sure the 'Global Warming Folks' can explain it!

Answer 2

When a cold front meets a patch of hot air the cool air settles to the bottom pushing the hot air up. The hot air holds more water vapor than cold air. When the hot air rises it cools and the water vapor that the air can no longer hold at a lower temp condenses and turns into precipitation.

Think about how steamy air from a shower hits the cold mirror and forms water droplets on the surface of the glass.

Answer 3

The yearly June/July monsoons in Arizona and New Mexico sometimes drift over the mountains and hit SoCal.  

Its weird because we are used to cold rain, not tropical rain, but it happens.

Answer 4

the  rain-soaked and water-logged  California

I am wondering the same thing!

Every once in a while, southern California has a very wet winter.This occurs when there is a shift in the normal weather patterns.During the usual winter, storms coming from the Pacific Ocean strike northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.  But sometimes the storms shift farther to the south.

When this happens, southern California gets one storm after

another.

As I understand it, the root cause of this shift in the weather

pattern is an abnormal warming of equatorial waters, called el nino.

"El nino" is a Spanish term that means "the child."  It is called

that because it often starts around Christmas time.

Anyway, when the el nino occurs, the normal weather patterns

are disrupted throughout the world, leaving southern California

drenched, and the central and eastern US unusually warm and dry.

Answer 5

To put out those fires.

Answer 6

That's where the rain cells are, dummy.

Answer 7

this is earthquake weather