ALASKAN STORM WILL BRING COLD, WET WEATHER TO SOUTHLAND.Byline: Melissa Schmitt Daily News Staff Writer The heavens won't be blessing 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, with warm temperatures this Easter weekend. Instead, meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. meteorologist Gary Ryan, there is a 70 percent chance rain will dampen 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. today. The Easter Bunny needn't break out his raincoat, Ryan said, explaining that he expects the sun to emerge Easter morning. But the Easter Bunny might want its down coat, Ryan said. Temperatures will be cool - in the 40s and low 50s - and by Sunday night the chance of rain returning is 40 percent. The National Weather Service's forecast for the upcoming week indicates the month of April is shaping up to be more of an Alaskan spring than one typical of Southern California. ``Some Aprils are warm and toasty toast·y adj. toast·i·er, toast·i·est Pleasantly warm. , but this was one certainly isn't,'' said Ryan. ``It's not going to be very warm. Easter morning will be mostly clear, cool and breezy. If kids are going to be outside hunting Easter eggs, they should dress warmly. ``This is a very deep storm for this time of year,'' Ryan said. ``It's like something you would see in January rather than in April. It 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 . This stuff is chilly.'' Snow levels will be at 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Ryan said. ``This is very unusual for April.'' Ryan wouldn't blame this storm on El Nino. ``The natural knee-jerk reaction would be to do so,'' he said. ``But it's awful hard to do that when you see stuff coming from the Gulf of Alaska. El Nino is warm water in the Pacific, so blaming El Nino is pretty much of a stretch.'' |
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