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Posted on 09/08/2022 4:46:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Confidence is increasing for significant rain and flash flooding in Southern California and southwest Arizona between Friday and Sunday
The remnants of Hurricane Kay are just a day away from bringing significant rainfall to parched areas of Southern California and southwest Arizona — but the downpours may end up being too much of a good thing.
Forecasters say areas of flash flooding are probable in the region Friday through Sunday. The interior mountains of Southern California could see up to 5 inches of rain, an exceptional amount...
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Clean the sand out of their rain barrels and get ready
Zippo/Nada news in N. California about this storm so far, at least re what we see as news.
It’s moving very slow
Maybe we should call it Hurricane Brandon
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I thought, if it was in the Pacific, it was a typhoon... (?)
Hurricane Kay is forecast to head west before it gets as far north as Tijuana, and after the eye heads back over water off San Quintin, it might not even get back to hurricane strength.
What L.A. will hopefully see is some outer band storms. Expecting some light rain to begin here in San Diego shortly, with some luck.
Surf’s up, dood!
Hurricane Newsom obliterated the entire state.
There’s a GIF of the storm’s anticipated rainfall at this link:
This has come up plenty on FR. Basically, east of the International Date Line is a hurricane, west of IDL is a typhoon.
Here’s a source page for that at NHC.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep2+shtml/000426.shtml?ero#contents
Currently listed as TS Kay at that link.
Gonna be a heck of a fall bloom of desert flowers.
Expected rainfall appears to be centered on and covering the most arid southwestern deserts in the U.S. both Mohave and Sonoran. When it blooms there it’s amazing.
That should cool down the southland and get power demand down.
Can’t see the surf from my house, but I can sure hear it now.
That must be exciting. I hope your house is on solid ground!
...Expected rainfall appears to be centered on and covering the most arid southwestern deserts in the U.S. both Mohave and Sonoran...”
Watch for flashfloods.
2021
“MONSTER FLASH FLOOD intercepted north of Phoenix, Arizona”
No prob - we’re about a mile from the beach & 400 feet above sea level. Its best in the early morning - on big days I can really hear it booming.
We’ve occasionally been hit by the remnants of hurricanes, but the last time a real hurricane hit LA was in September, 1939. Although it was barely a category 1, it did a lot of damage.
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