Posted on 12/17/2010 7:42:32 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY...
MOIST WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL SEND A GREAT AMOUNT OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR MOST OF THE COMING WEEK. A SERIES OF WAVES WILL IMPACT THE REGION AND PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED.
FOR THIS WEEKEND...THE FOCUS OF THIS MOISTURE WILL BE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA...SO AREAS FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD SAN DIEGO WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND WILL NOT GET QUITE AS MUCH. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL PRODUCE MUCH HIGHER RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS THAN IN THE LOWLANDS.
THE FIRST WAVE WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND BRING STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. A SECOND WAVE WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AND BRING SOMEWHAT HEAVIER RAINFALL...THOUGH STILL A STEADY RAIN. THE RAIN WILL BECOME LIGHTER BY MONDAY.
TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES ORANGE COUNTY COAST 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES INLAND EMPIRE 1.25 TO 3.00 INCHES (HIGHEST NORTH) SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS 2.00 TO 5.00 INCHES RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS 2.50 TO 5.00 INCHES SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS 3.00 TO 6.00 INCHES SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MTNS 4.00 TO 8.00 INCHES
NOTE THAT MOUNTAIN TOTALS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. FOR THE DESERTS...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS AROUND ONE-HALF INCH COACHELLA VALLEY LESS THAN ONE INCH APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS AROUND ONE INCH
HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT THEY WILL BE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS AND NOT DUE TO HEAVY INTENSITIES. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL BE FAIRLY LOW OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...SOME LOW LYING SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG STREETS...COULD HAVE MINOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. STREAMS AND WASHES WHICH MIGHT NORMALLY BE DRY COULD HAVE WATER FLOWING THROUGH THEM THIS WEEKEND.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE QUITE HIGH THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 8000 FEET...CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.
BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE WEEKEND WITH THE MOUNTAIN WIND SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE RIDGES AND DESERT SLOPES.
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE STRONG JET STREAM WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS THE EAST PACIFIC TROUGH MOVES TO THE COAST. THIS WILL BRING SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ANYWHERE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS AND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THEN. DUE TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH.
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOULD STAY INFORMED DURING THIS UPCOMING WET WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
Considering we were watering flowers etc just a few days ago, we can use all the rain we can get...
The water table could seriously use the boost too...
BTW, we just heard the Sierras will get about 15 feet of snow...Great news for the California Sierras...
It sure will. Lots of white stuff falling in the Whites too. Is your property in the Chalfant, Hammil Valley area?
Between Benton Station and Benton Hot Springs on highway 120...:oP
Nice area. Old Benton (Benton Hot Springs) is where the Wells Fargo agent Morrison joined the posse to go after convicts who escaped from the the Nevada State prison in 1871. He was shot dead at what is now called Convict Lake near Mammoth.
Lots of Indian petroglyphs nearby too and Montgomery City is a neat ghost town to visit (the road to get there is really rugged though).
Yep been up there by dirt bike many times...:o)
Went swimming at the hot springs there as a kid...:oP
Nice shot. That’s the old Wells Fargo office.
I took that in August on my way up to Bridgeport and over the pass to Columbia...
I’m at Palm Springs airport right now and can see the rain
Have a safe trip back! I am sorry for your loss, Ern.
Driving was white knuckle h@ll tonight.
I am not in the Sierras, I am in the Cascade Siskiyous. Klamath Basin/Sacramento River headwaters area.
Thanks for the kind thougts...it was a fine funeral; the first we'd seen featuring three - count 'em - three priests, one of which was the local Monsignor. This was one well loved lady.
Left in a downpour an hour before dawn this morning to blow home - we knew we couldn't avoid the wet stuff, but took this tactic to avoid dodging traffic. High-speed wiper action the whole way, but looks like nothing compared to what's going up further north.
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How is it for your location?
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2.31 Inches of Rain on the way
Heavy rain and some minor flooding at the 4.000 to 6,000 foot level and very heavy snow above that here in the High Sierra. Over 7 feet so far and another 7 to 9 feet of new snow on the Sierra crest by tomorrow night. Falling at a rate of 3 to 4 inches an hour.
Ha Ha... For the first time in my short 77 years FResno is getting more rain than Eureka...
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