Stronger Storm to Bring 1 to 3 Inches of Rain to Southern California Wednesday Into Thursday, With High Surf and Coastal Flooding
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Los Angeles/Oxnard issued its southwestern California forecast on the morning of November 15: a second weather system will bring a more significant storm to Southern California Wednesday through Thursday night, with rain amounts of 1 to 3 inches common across the region, peak rainfall rates locally exceeding half an inch per hour, and a long duration of high surf and minor to moderate coastal flooding likely to continue through much of next week.
Ahead of that storm, Southern California sits between systems today. The Weather Service said today will be partly cloudy with no rain and generally light winds, with local north winds of 15 to 25 mph across southwestern Santa Barbara County this afternoon and evening, winds under 10 mph elsewhere, and humidities remaining above 50 percent.
A first, weak system will move into the area Monday into early Tuesday, with rain amounts expected to stay under a quarter inch and the highest amounts across coastal San Luis Obispo County. Gusty northwest winds of 20 to 35 mph will develop behind the system, especially along the Central Coast and in southern Santa Barbara County.
The second system arriving Wednesday will be considerably stronger, bringing mountain snow in addition to the widespread 1 to 3 inches of rain across lower elevations and coastal areas. The forecast covers the Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County beaches and the inland coast including downtown Los Angeles, and the Ventura County coast and inland valleys.
Southern California is coming off a round of stormy weather last week: when a storm moved ashore on November 14, flooding on a Wilmington-area detour route trapped several vehicles, and Santa Monica saw nighttime thunder with power outages.
Source: National Weather Service
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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