DECEMBER GOING OUT LIKE A WET LION MONTH'S LAST WEEK TO BRING MUCH RAIN.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Staff Writer While this year's rainfall has been lower than average, that is all expected to change during the last week of December as several strong Alaskan storms are expected to bring 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. a rainy Christmas. Three storms are moving toward Los Angeles along the Pacific Coast from 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 , bringing rainfall and chilly temperatures a little earlier than normal, said National Weather Service meteorologist David Gomberg. ``This is a colder system than we normally get in December,'' Gomberg said. ``Usually, the really cold and wet ones come in January. Christmas is going to be wet for sure.'' About an inch and a half of rain is expected to fall by Friday. The rainfall is predicted to last through Monday, Gomberg said. The snow level will also descend to about 3,500 feet, whereas that level is normally around 8,000 feet for December, Gomberg said. Temperatures should fluctuate from the 40s to the 60s. The stormy weather began Tuesday, dropping .06 of an inch of rain in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or and Chatsworth, and .20 in Agoura, Gomberg said. The rain snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. the daily commute Tuesday, with the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reporting a 40 percent to 50 percent increase in traffic collisions for a Tuesday, said Officer Armando Clemente. ``It's these kinds of days where people continue to make unsafe lane changes, speed and follow too closely,'' Clemente said, adding that the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan was gearing up for its holiday enforcement period, beginning today. ``People need to slow down and think about what they are doing, and especially don't drink and drive this holiday season. The rain is going to make things much more dangerous.'' So far, December has been pretty dry, with a total of .36 of an inch of rain in the basin. Normally about 1.3 inches falls during the month. On average, 3.15 inches of rain falls by between July 1 and the end of December. But, to date, only 1.83 inches has been recorded. Meantime, county health officials issued a rainy-day beach pollution warning. The Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
Runoff from storm drains causes the bacteria levels in ocean water to rise. City News Service contributed to this story. Phillip W. Browne, (818) 713-3707 phillip.browne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Anthony Benzamin, above, unhampered Adj. 1. unhampered - not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition" unhindered by Tuesday's rain, wheels down Van Nuys Boulevard. Matthew Mendez and Marina Moskalenko, left, both of Tarzana, keeps their hoods up during the deluge along Reseda Boulevard. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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