By: vickie

vickie — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:59:56 +0000

from the national weather service / NOAA web site :
CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEK … THIS FIRST STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT..
WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS FOOTHILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. LOCAL AMOUNTS
UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAVORED SOUTH FACING SLOPES …
THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION ON TUESDAY.
THE THIRD AND MOST LIKELY STRONGEST STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP A THREAT OF SHOWERS INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY. FOR THE
ENTIRE WEEK…
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES IN COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS…AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES WILL
BE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAVORED SOUTH FACING COASTAL SLOPES. THIS
WILL LIKELY BE THE WETTEST WEEK SINCE EARLY 2005 …
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings

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