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Originally posted by sandge
Originally posted by sensfan
You all need to move up here to Canada and experience a winter. It all sounds pretty normal to us
Having spent a long weekend in Toronto a few winters back, let me just say: thank you, but no. I'll stick with Atlanta; it's 72 and sunny right now.
Originally posted by BANGINCOLOR
...and this has what to do with the War on Terror?!?!?!?
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 610 PM PST WED JAN 5 2005
... A WET PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY... ... MUCH MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY. THE JET STREAM HAS TAKEN A MORE SOUTHERLY COURSE ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND WILL DIRECT COPIOUS MOISTURE INTO CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT... AND SPREAD SOUTH ON FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW COULD DEVELOP AT THE RESORTS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS... BUT THE STORM WILL BRING IN WARMER AIR AND THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE. URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND... INCLUDING FLOODING ALONG THE SAN DIEGO RIVER. IN THE MOUNTAINS RAIN WILL FALL ON THE RECENT SNOW AND ON FROZEN GROUND... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT. ROCK SLIDES AND MUD SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ON STEEP TERRAIN AND IN AND BELOW BURN AREAS.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY RAINS FRIDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SEVERAL HOURS EARLY FRIDAY. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN WILL BE CRITICAL IN BURN AREAS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. ESTIMATES ARE FOR 3/4 INCH SOUTH COASTAL... TO 2.0 INCHES NORTH COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS... AND 2.5 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.
IN THE COASTAL WATERS... LARGE SWELL AND GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT AND HIGH SURF... WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME COASTAL FLOODING.
ALL MARINE INTERESTS... PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA... OR THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD STAY INFORMED AND LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM.