Epic rains on the way
A week filled with El Nino driven storms begins Monday in Southern California. Potential exists for significant rainfall totals of 20-30 inches along coastal mountain slopes. I will be tracking this serious situation as the potential for widespread and damaging flooding exists. I should be out streaming this event at various times during the week. Here is a wording from NWS:
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
100 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2010
.HYDROLOGY...THE PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE COAST WITH CLOSE TO 20 INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. TYPICALLY WETTER LOCATIONS ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES COULD RECEIVE NEAR 30 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...MOSTLY ABOVE 6000 FEET...4 TO 6 FEET OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL LARGER AMOUNTS.
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
100 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2010
.HYDROLOGY...THE PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE COAST WITH CLOSE TO 20 INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. TYPICALLY WETTER LOCATIONS ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES COULD RECEIVE NEAR 30 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...MOSTLY ABOVE 6000 FEET...4 TO 6 FEET OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL LARGER AMOUNTS.
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posted by Will Wilkens at
1:45 AM
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