A week ago, a series of dangerous winter storms hit Southern California floods, landslides and mudflows that left at least nine people dead.
Given the weather forecasts, the region should be prepared for a new winter storm that threatens to reach the region this weekend and continue until Tuesday, February 20.
While the weather will be quiet most of the week, another round of storms is on the way. Here is what we know so far. Still a range of outcomes in timing and amounts, but there is a growing risk for flooding, mudslides, mountain snow, and gusty winds. #cawx #larain pic.twitter.com/0BqBwZd16u
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 13, 2024
Southern California Areas They had a pretty cold start to the week.with a frost warning that was in effect this Monday for some parts of the Santa Clarita Valley, the Ojai Valley, Calabasas and Agoura Hills as temperatures dropped to 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
Frosts were also present in regions of the San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego countieswhere thermometers dropped from 36 degrees to 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Over the course of the week, temperatures are expected to return to their usual averages for this time of year.
According to meteorologists, sunny skies prevail in Southern California until at least Friday, before conditions change for the weekend.
Specialists estimated that the first rains could begin to fall from Saturday afternoon or evening in Los Angeles Countyconditions that will remain until Tuesday, February 20.
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The rains they increase their intensity during Monday the 19thwithout having meteorological models so that the time and estimated amount of precipitation can be determined, which is expected to be known in the coming days.
Other counties that will also be affected by the next storm They are those of San Luis Obispo and Venturawith intense rains during the afternoon and night of Sunday the 18th and also during Tuesday, February 20th.
According to meteorologists, there are high possibilities that it could occur a storm system similar to the one that occurred a week ago in Southern California, due to the atmospheric river that brings the meteorological phenomenon to the region.
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He National Metereological Service announced that there is a 50% chance that 2 to 5 inches of rain could fall in coastal areas and valleys, and 5 to 8 inches of rain in the mountains and hills, between Saturday, February 17 and Wednesday, February 21 .
However, forecasts indicate that There is a 20% chance that the mountains and foothills will receive between 5 and 8 inches of rain.with the risk that mud and debris flows could occur in areas scarred by forest fires that occurred in recent years.
Even if there is not a lot of rainwater, the next winter storm system would have similar activity to the previous one, which was parked in the region for several days with constant rains.
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Forecasters did not say whether the next winter storm would be cold, like the one that came last week and that helped recharge the snow cover in the state’s mountainsor if it will have warmer temperatures, as happened with the previous systems that occurred since the beginning of this year, which dumped more rain than snowfall.
During the storms that hit Southern California last week They left several rain records in several locations in the region and dumped about 15 inches of rain in some parts of Los Angeles County.
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