Quote:
Originally Posted by NativeOrange
|
This should be very beneficial for California, though flooding might be an issue. Hopefully it'll be more of a slow, steady soaking rain.
Current US Drought Monitor:
^ Some subtle improvements this week compared to last week.
Here's a good summary from NWS Los Angeles about the upcoming week:
...A SERIES OF STORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK...
...TIME TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS FROM
RECENT BURN AREAS...
A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS ARE LINING UP ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN
AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST
STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A THREAT OF RAIN TO THE CENTRAL COAST
BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION ON
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL LIKELY
PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA INTO MONDAY.
THERE IS
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS FIRST
SYSTEM...BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH. MOUNTAIN RESORTS ABOVE 6000 FEET COULD SEE 2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS FIRST SYSTEM.
THE SECOND STORM ON TUESDAY IS FORECASTED TO BE STRONGER WITH
MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW THAT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE RAINFALL
TOTALS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH FACING MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS CAN GENERALLY EXPECT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO
INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE
IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL
RATES BRIEFLY REACHING ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...RECENT BURN
AREAS...INCLUDING THE SOLIMAR BURN AREA...WILL BE AT RISK FOR
FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS
SECOND STORM ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000
FEET.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW WITH 1 TO 2 FOOT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND LESSER AMOUNTS DOWN
TO 6000 FEET. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED
FOR THIS STORM AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THE EVENT.
PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BE LIKELY
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THESE SYSTEMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BE COLDER...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING AS LOW AS 4000 FEET. THE
LOWER SNOW LEVELS COULD RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IMPACTS
ACROSS THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE
GRAPEVINE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TIMING
AND TRACK OF THESE SYSTEMS LATER IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
ON TOP OF THE RAIN AND SNOW...THERE WILL BE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...POTENTIALLY REACHING DAMAGING LEVELS BY
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SURF...GUSTY
WINDS...PERIODS OF RAIN...AND HIGH TIDES WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME COASTAL FLOODING BY MIDWEEK. FOR MORE DETAILS ON HIGH SURF
AND COASTAL FLOODING...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL HAZARD
MESSAGE.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigw...7#.Vokt2vkrLIU
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Finally!
. That's 6 degrees warmer than I did, and about the same in January 2014. Even at just 12 miles away, Northerly Island was 4 degrees warmer than ORD in July 2012, and January 2014. Incidentally, I looked at LGA NYC, which is also a strong UHI and water influenced station, and the highest average minimum I could find was July 2010 at 74.9F. 
