Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled out of LAX on Christmas Eve as a “bomb cyclone” tore across the United States, bringing record-breaking cold temperatures nearly everywhere but California.
Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled out of Los Angeles International Airport on Christmas Eve as a “bomb cyclone” weather pattern tore across the United States, bringing record-breaking cold temperatures nearly everywhere but California.
A high-pressure ridge in the Pacific will warm up the coast this holiday weekend, resulting in a warm and sunny Christmas in Los Angeles, said Robbie Munroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to reach near record-breaking levels in the low 80s on Sunday.The hottest Christmas recorded was in 1980 when the heat reached 85 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, but it is unlikely that that record will be broken this year.
About 140 flights out of LAX were canceled and 729 were delayed Friday — nearly a half of the day’s schedule — as parts of the country experienced freezing temperatures,. Flights to Denver; Houston; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; and several other cities were canceled while planes headed to Orlando, Fla., and Las Vegas were delayed.
Departures to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Portland International Airport were grounded due to icy conditions. Other airports like Dallas Fort Worth International are spraying planes with de-icing fluid to remove snow and ice.Saturday that travel conditions have improved, but air traffic volume and winter weather in the northern half of the U.S. may still cause delays.
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