Posted on 10/24/2010 8:15:27 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
... WET AND LOCALLY WINDY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...
MOISTURE ENTRAINED FROM THE REMNANTS OF TYPHOON MEGI OVER THE WEST PACIFIC WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP LIFT OUR ALREADY DEEP MOIST LAYER TO PRODUCE AREAS OF RAIN OVER AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MAINLY BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ALONG THE COAST... TO ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ON COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. HOWEVER... AMOUNTS CLOSE TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT IS MAXIMIZED. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET.
WINDS ALOFT AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. MOST WIND GUSTS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH BUT THERE WILL BE ISOLATED GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH... MAINLY IN THE HIGH DESERTS.
THE RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. FOG WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
This weather has the grape pickers working like banshees to save as much of the crop as they can.. expect higher napa valley wine prices.. the deck is dry but a big glob is working its way southward on the radar...
That funny cold white stuff belongs in a blender with fruit juices and rum ... not on the ground ☺
Good Afternoon Ernest.. Thanks for the info.
I had heard of a another storm coming but my accu-weather had taken rain out and said partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow.....
I’ll head back ! lol
Polly
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