Posted on 11/30/2008 10:04:11 PM PST by JohnJeykis
INLAND EMPIRE – The pre-Thanksgiving storm may be only a forerunner of what’s to come.
One forecaster says the next 4-months could put an end to four winters of sub-par rainfall.
Kevin Martin at Corona-based OWS weather expects a variety of storm patterns including the ‘Pineapple Express’…
“The Pineapple Express” is most often seen during El Nino. However, because odf the wintertime jet stream is farther south than usual will cause intense low pressure systems off the West Coast. That could usher in tropical moisture for days in the Southern California region.”
Last week’s storm was the wettest in 12-months.
There is no rain in the outlook for early December. This week will be fair and dry with day-to-day temperature changes of no more than 10 degrees.
OWSweather Long Range UJEAS Forecast Source: http://www.owsweather.com/ujeasdec08.html
I thought we were going to be drier the next few years?....and anybody in the inland northwest knows we had a tremendous amout of snowfall last year....
I think this is Southern California. It’s predicted dry, but one has been predicting wet since last year. We got great rains before Thanksgiving here:D
I think the ancient SoCal prediction is: Dry early, then dry late.
California is due for a wet one. It’s about the right timing this year. We get drenched about every 10-11 years, then it fades off over the next number of years until the MSM once again has a “drought” to yammer about, and then the cycle begins all over again. Been that way forever.
The MSM won’t have the drought to dwell upon for awhile IF this year is the year of the rains, which I suspect it is. They certainly will have the “burn areas” to watch and of course the flooding. That’ll keep their little minds and hands busy.
but didn’t I just read a few weeks ago that because of global warming this is going to be one of the warmest and driest winters in a long time? Oh but that’s right, these same people are the ones that said that this year there was an 80% chance that this last hurricane season was going to be the worst that we had ever seen, but there was only a 60% chance that that prediction was correct.
I do follow this Kevin fellow. He said last year bad Santa Anas and this year would not have them as bad, with more rain than last. It’s been that way so far.
I’m hearing dry weather for my house all over the place and we got 2+ inches from the last storm here! I did contact Mr. Martin and got a reply back the same 10 minutes. He said expect a wet season, not dry. I’m excited.
JJ
dang your right...we call our area the Inland Empire as well....lol
Okay, then. MSM can change their story lines from brush fires in Malibu to mud slides in Malibu.
There hasn’t been much rain or snow in northwestern Montana. I was kayaking on the lake yesterday in lovely conditions. It’s gotta break pretty quickly.
If we have snow like we did last year, it’ll be heaven on earth for a few months.
We are short 4” of rain around Humboldt Bay already but that is only .000003 of our yearly total. Normal here is to have the first rain in late Oct and that storm can last until May 15 :<)
Long Beach got 1.57 inch out of the storm the other night....
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