A strong storm pounded southern California over the past 24 hours with up to 8 inches of rain, heavy snow in the mountains, strong winds and the lowest pressure ever recorded in a storm in the Los Angeles area (about 29.07 inches). Severe weather is forecast for southern California with hail, severe thunderstorms and strong wind gusts expected through this weekend. Here is an LA National Weather Service discussion:
.SHORT TERM (TODAY-SUN)... CLASSIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN ON TAP FOR THIS EVENING...LINGERING THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOTS OF COLD AIR ALOFT WITH 500MB TEMPS BELOW MINUS 25 C... DEEP STACKED LOW OFF THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA...A POWERFUL 300MB JET SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO AND LOTS OF MOISTURE. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND AND HAIL..VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE BEING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ONE GAGE REPORTED 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WERE NEAR THE MORRIS BURN AREA WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEBRIS FLOWS FOR THAT AREA. WE MAY SEE A FEW BREAKS OVERNIGHT...BUT RADAR...SATELLITE AND LIGHTNING DATA INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN ALL THE BURN AREAS...WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALONG WITH THE RAIN...HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS. ONE SPOTTER IN NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY REPORTED 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 12 HOURS...WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING. AT THE HIGHER LEVELS... SNOW WILL BE MEASURED IN FEET. SNOW LEVELS ARE RIGHT AROUND 4000 FEET CURRENTLY...BUT AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN TONIGHT THOSE SHOULD FALL TO 3000 FEET...WITH POSSIBLY SOME NON-STICKING SNOW AS LOW AS 2500 FEET ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is Wright Weather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.
.SHORT TERM (TODAY-SUN)... CLASSIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN ON TAP FOR THIS EVENING...LINGERING THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOTS OF COLD AIR ALOFT WITH 500MB TEMPS BELOW MINUS 25 C... DEEP STACKED LOW OFF THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA...A POWERFUL 300MB JET SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO AND LOTS OF MOISTURE. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND AND HAIL..VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE BEING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ONE GAGE REPORTED 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WERE NEAR THE MORRIS BURN AREA WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEBRIS FLOWS FOR THAT AREA. WE MAY SEE A FEW BREAKS OVERNIGHT...BUT RADAR...SATELLITE AND LIGHTNING DATA INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN ALL THE BURN AREAS...WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALONG WITH THE RAIN...HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS. ONE SPOTTER IN NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY REPORTED 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 12 HOURS...WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING. AT THE HIGHER LEVELS... SNOW WILL BE MEASURED IN FEET. SNOW LEVELS ARE RIGHT AROUND 4000 FEET CURRENTLY...BUT AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN TONIGHT THOSE SHOULD FALL TO 3000 FEET...WITH POSSIBLY SOME NON-STICKING SNOW AS LOW AS 2500 FEET ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is Wright Weather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.
