EXPECT A BLAST FROM THE PAST; WINTRY STORM TO CHILL REGION.Byline: Eric Leach Daily News Staff Writer An unusual ``winter'' storm out of 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 is expected to bring rain, snow and much colder temperatures to 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, today. ``What's unusual about it is it's relatively cold,'' said Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Rockwell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. ``About three years ago we had a similar storm in the middle of June. They do occur this late in the year, but it's uncommon.'' The approaching storm led the 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) to issue a Special Weather Statement on Monday afternoon warning that the system was moving rapidly toward Southern California and that people should be careful, particularly in mountain areas. Officials said a dramatic change in the weather would occur overnight and that snow levels could dip to near 4,000 feet. ``There will be the potential for heavy snow to be produced from this system. Windy conditions and possible heavy snow could produce local blizzard blizzard, winter storm characterized by high winds, low temperatures, and driving snow; according to the official definition given in 1958 by the U.S. Weather Bureau, the winds must exceed 35 mi (56 km) per hr and the temperature 20°F; (−7°C;) or lower. conditions with near zero visibility at times,'' the Weather Service statement warned. ``The cold windy weather will produce wind chills wind chill, the cooling effect of wind and temperature combined, expressed in terms of the effect produced by a lower, windless temperature, also called wind chill factor, wind chill temperature, wind chill equivalent temperature, wind chill index, wind chill for many mountain locations (with readings) in the single digits and teens.'' Officials also warned that there would be a chance of thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. that could produce hail and waterspouts off the coast today. ``Some of the waterspouts could move on shore as weak tornadoes,'' the Weather Service warning said. Most coastal and valley areas should receive between one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain, with the mountains expected to receive between half an inch and three-quarters. Coastal high temperatures that were in the mid-70s Monday are expected to drop dramatically today, by as much as 20 degrees. Rockwell said the El Nino warm Pacific Ocean water phenomenon that has been causing greater than normal rainfall this year might have something to do with the coming storm. But ``it's not technically considered an El Nino storm,'' he said, stressing that this front fits the pattern of a colder, winter storm. |
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