Southern California Weather Authority
A weaker system on Wednesday into Wednesday night will make way for the strongest system in three years to hit Southern California on Friday and this storm system will bring a lot of flooding, being the region has been so dry and thus people in the flood prone zones need to start preparing sandbags and doing flood preparations along the hillsides.
The system, currently out in the Pacific, has a strong southerly jet influence to it. The storm is set to hit on Friday. Upper divergence and jet dynamics suggest that heavy rain is likely south and west of the mountains, bringing in over two inches of rain in a short period of time, with higher amounts in the foothills. The system will be the strongest in three years. Continue reading “Southern California Major Storm Coming, Flood Preparations Underway”