Posted on 11/18/2010 10:59:09 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
... STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY INTO MONDAY...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND A COUPLE OF IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST IMPULSE ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING RAIN... POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD ENHANCE PRECIPITATION AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER WEATHER WITH LOCAL GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY... BUT THERE WILL BE BREEZY CONDITIONS AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START OUT HIGH... ABOVE 7000 FEET... AND THEN LOWER TO ABOUT 5000 FEET NORTH AND 5500 FEET SOUTH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES THROUGH MONDAY RANGE FROM ABOUT A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS... WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. THERE COULD BE ABOUT A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE HIGH DESERTS AND A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE LOWER DESERTS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ABOUT 6 TO 12 INCHES ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS WITH A FEW INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
THE RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. THERE COULD BE FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLE MUD SLIDES IN AND BELOW STEEP TERRAIN AND RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. FOG... AND EVENTUALLY LOCAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES.
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My roses are still blooming.
“It never rains in California!”
When it pours, man it pours.
looks like we get a good dose up here too.. need to get some more wood.. likely to be real cool and wet.. and snowy up at higher elevations
South Bay weather: Cold, wet weekend expected, snow on mountaintops
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16647113
Bring It ON!!!
I realize that my only thoughts should be for the safety and comfort of the people in the path of this storm. But there’s another part of me who lives in the Alaska interior which looks at this report, smiles a little, and thinks, “Wow, it’s still summertime weather down there.”
Anyway, be well and God bless.
Gosh, I hope the illegals and minorities are not hit too hard. If they are, then Boxer
and friends will ask nicely that you work harder to keep them happy.
Did that happen this year?
Thanks for the map!
>>>Got to visit up there sometime....when you have summer .
Did that happen this year?<<<
LOL. Yeah, it was on a Tuesday. About 2 p.m. Good thing there was a cold beer in the fridge at the time.
Reminds me of the joke I heard when I lived in SoCal...
What are the four seasons in California?
Flood, Mudslide, Fire, and Earthquake Season.
Bout time!.....
Hey, that reddish splotch just to the west of Las Vegas has to go...shoo...shoo...away with ya....
Rain is good.
We need it.
Get ready Denver!.....cause what hits us is gonna hit you twice as hard. To bad the monday night game was not in Denver!
Southern California. 1 - 3 inches of rain = STORM WARNING!
Used to crack me up when I lived in Folsom. If there was a steady drizzle all the TV news channels would be on continuous “storm coverage”.
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