Saturday, December 5, 2009

Southern California Also Preps For Heavy Weather

Not to be left out, southern California is also bracing for a wave of storms. Again, from the National Weather Service:

...POTENTIAL FOR WET WEATHER ACROSS CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK WITH A MAJOR SNOW STORM POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY...   A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS WILL BRING RAIN...WIND AND SNOW TO THE REGION MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE A COLD STORM AND WILL LIKELY LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 4000 FEET OR LOWER. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A FOOT OR MORE LIKELY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.   A SECOND STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE HEAVY PRECIPITATION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL BE WARMER AND WILL DRAW TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE WEST PACIFIC. THIS STORM COULD BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL...THOUGH THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE MUCH HIGHER AS THIS WILL BE A STORM OF PACIFIC ORIGIN.   LARGE SURF WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH EACH OF THESE STORMS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.   STAYED TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.

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