1ST STORM OF SEASON ARRIVES.Byline: Peter Hartlaub Daily News Staff Writer A winter storm is expected to bring cool temperatures and up to a quarter inch of rain to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. today, weather officials said. The storm could also top Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, mountains with snow for the first time since El Nino hit earlier this year. ``This will be the first good shot, the first real winter storm of the season,'' said Jonathan Slemmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The first rain of the storm arrived in Los Angeles County early Saturday night. Technically it is not the first rainfall of the season, which is measured starting July 1. On Sept. 4, a thunderstorm thunderstorm, violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail. dropped 1/100th of an inch on the Los Angeles Civic Center. Slemmer said between a quarter and a half inch of rain is expected in the coastal areas and inland, including the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , with the bulk of it falling this morning. Up to a half inch or so of rain could fall in the mountains, with snow falling at elevations higher than 6,000 feet. Daytime high temperatures are expected to be in the 60s today in the Los Angeles and Ventura County areas. The storm originated in the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world and moved through Northern California on Saturday afternoon before hitting the Southland in the evening. ``It's a real storm front, but there's not much to it,'' Slemmer said. ``It might mess up a few outdoor plans, but there won't be flooding or anything like that.'' NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) officials said the last of the rain from the weekend storm was expected to fall by midday Monday, with cloudy skies expected throughout the week. Forecasters say there's a slight chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday. |
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