FORECAST: STORMS THREATEN LIGHTNING, HAIL, WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - A threat 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. and flash floods persists through today in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , with a lesser chance the rest of the week. The National Weather Service puts the chance of thunderstorms today at 40 percent in the Antelope Valley and San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. . ``Rather high humidity will cause very uncomfortable conditions across the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. , with heat index values approaching dangerous levels across the Antelope Valley, in the mountains and in the interior valleys,'' the National Weather Service said. Temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees today in the Antelope Valley, and near 100 degrees the rest of the week. The thunderstorms could deliver hail, high winds and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning that can trigger electrical outages, as well as cause flooding without warning in mountain and desert washes, forecasters warned. Weak winds mean that thunderstorms are likely to be slow moving: They will stay over one spot to drop rain at rates of one to two inches an hour, forecasters said. Areas most vulnerable to flash floods are locations in or below steep mountain terrains, on or below hillsides denuded by recent wildfires, and in normally dry washes in the Antelope Valley, the Weather Service said. The thunderstorms are being created by a strong upper level ridge of high pressure that is centered near Nevada. The ridge is causing monsoonal moisture to spread northwestward north·west·ward adv. & adj. Toward, to, or in the northwest. n. A northwestward direction, point, or region. north·west out of Mexico and into California. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Lightning strikes lightning strike n → huelga relámpago lightning strike n (Brit) → grève f surprise lightning strike n (BRIT over Victorville, top, and Littlerock, above, as the third week of monsoonal storms makes its way into the Southland deserts and into the Antelope Valley. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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