More wet weather is set to batter parts of Northern California flood watches and alerts have been triggered across most of the region forecasters are warning for the possibility of flooding hail and strong winds until Tuesday some mountain region could see up to 25 cmers of rain the storm is expected to move out
Quicker than the atmospheric river that drenched Southern California earlier this month the very strong atmf river that began moving into California yesterday afternoon continued over night this morning uh did produce quite a bit of rainfall across uh much of the state particularly across portions of Southern California where in the Transverse Range
In and around Santa Barbara there were reports of three to as much as five inches of rain as of early this morning and the rain continues uh looking at another additional period of heavy rain through today across portions of Southern California where an additional amounts of one to maybe as high as three
Inches of rainfall could occur through today and that could uh result in additional flash flooding potentially landslides and um in and around Southern California we’ve had kind of back-to-back uh weather systems and and generally this month has been really uh really wet for the the state of
California and so we have seen above normal precipitation and so what that does is you know it results in wetter ground conditions and it makes those areas more vulnerable to the uh additional heavy rainfall that we’re EXP expecting so that the the amounts and the intensity doesn’t need to be as high
As it once was to cause similar impacts um like flooding landslides and things like that so this storm system in addition to the flooding there was other uh threats and and and risk here including coastal flooding storm erosion as well as dangerous surf conditions so um the storm system is going to remain
Kind of offshore for the next day or so and that’s going to continue to provide those um coastal flooding conditions and dangerous surf conditions in addition to some really strong winds as well so that’s the other part of the story is that we’re looking at uh the potential
For damaging wind gusts particularly in the mountain areas of Southern California where wind gusts could be as high as 40 to maybe as high as 60 miles per hour
The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days.
The latest storm is expected to move through quicker than the devastating atmospheric river that parked itself over Southern California earlier this month, turning roads into rivers, causing hundreds of landslides and killing at least nine people.
“We’ve had kind of back-to-back weather systems, and this month has been really, really wet for the state of California. So, we have seen above normal precipitation,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) senior meteorologist Zack Taylor said. “It results in wetter ground conditions, and it makes those areas more vulnerable to the additional heavy rainfall that we’re expecting.”
Rainfall will be widespread even in the mountains, but several feet of snow is possible at elevations above about 2,070 metres across the Sierra Nevada, the weather service said. Motorists are urged to avoid mountain routes.
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I hope I hope people wear in California there will survive???
Other title…
"Regular rain in California is expected to be overblown by Corp media."
Lucky ? for California the droughts over ! ?? .
Thanks China ?? for continued
– building more and more coal-fired power plants, and
– burning more and more fossil fuel.
BC'er living in Southern California here. Trust me when I say, it feels like a normal stereotypical rainstorm, but the land/dirt around here reacts terribly. It just can't handle rain at all. Unlike where we are where the dirt is super firm, here it's sand/clay it just turns into snot thick quicksand.
So much damage is done. You should see the sink holes that form on the property I'm on, last year the rains revealed a cavern under our house and we had to pay to get it filled.
You should also see what happens to the roads, as well as how intense the landslides are, which usually end up destroying homes in their wake.
Baring the lack of rain for the last few years making things worse, this place is usually adapted to light drizzle here and there, not a big downpour like Vancouver is used to.
Show radar of atmospheric river time lapses.
You people just love these stupid terms. ‘Atmospheric River!’ It’s a storm. Been happening since the atmosphere formed. They all have wind and rain. That’s what storms are. Stop building houses on eroding slopes. Problem solved.
Title should read:
California drought over as reservoirs are topped back up to never seen levels.
Thanks mother nature ??
God is listening to my prayers
Rain…? Floods…? But I thought global warming was going to melt the entire planet and kill all the innocent polar bears???!!! ????
Stretch your straps
Mon ami
Someone telling you something out there . ??.