CITY COULD STILL FACE WETTEST SEASON.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The storm that moved through 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, earlier this week dropped an inch of rain on 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. , which now needs just 2.29 inches to tie the record for the wettest season on record, officials said Wednesday Wednesday: see week. . The city moved into the No. 2 spot Tuesday afternoon, breaking the runner-up record of 34.84 inches set in 1889-90. An additional 1.08 inches fell by Wednesday afternoon, pushing Los Angeles closer to the record rainfall of 38.18 inches set in 1883-84, officials said. There's a 60 percent chance of rain by this afternoon, although clear skies Clear Skies could refer to:
``They're still watching the record,'' said weather specialist Stuart Seto at the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. The rain season is traditionally from July 1 to June 30, and experts said the average rainfall for the remaining months is just under 2 inches. ``After about the third week of April, we're kind of out of the rainy rain·y adj. rain·i·er, rain·i·est Characterized by, full of, or bringing rain. rain  i·ness n.Adj. season,'' Seto said. But forecasters expect Los Angeles will still have periods of rain through April, so catching - or beating - the wettest winter is still possible. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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