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MORE RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY.


Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer

The storm that brought rain to the 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.  region Monday tapered ta·per  
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2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.

3. A source of feeble light.

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 off overnight, leaving a 20 percent chance of showers today, forecasters said.

The storm, which hit the Central Coast just after midnight, moved over Ventura County by mid-morning Monday and than made its way to Los Angeles County by mid-afternoon, according to according to
prep.
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2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 National Weather Service meteorologist Ray Tanabe.

Van Nuys received 0.04 inch Monday, Chatsworth 0.13, Burbank 0.05, Woodland Hills 0.12 and Ventura received nearly one-half inch.

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  • Mount San Antonio, of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California
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 got 4 to 5 inches of snow above 6,000 feet by Monday afternoon, but Mount Wilson received only 0.26 inch of rain, Tanabe said.

The storm 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
 but approached Los Angeles County from the northwest, rather than the north, which kept the accompanying temperatures and snow levels higher than when an arctic storm arrives, Tanabe said.

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 are expected to to be near 60 degrees.

Residents should get a reprieve from the rain on Wednesday before another storm hits Thursday afternoon, forecasters said.

Lingering showers are expected on Friday and the possibility of yet another storm looms for Saturday and Sunday.

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Gomez sisters Lica, 14, left, and Teresa, 17, walk in the rain Monday with Lauryn Ortiz, 16, right, on Vanowen Street in Reseda. Forecasters say there is a 20 percent chance of rain today.

Evan Yee/Staff Photographer

Chart: RAINFALL TOTALS

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Date:Feb 20, 2001
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