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SOGGY AREA TO GET MORE RAIN PROBABILITY FORECAST AT 40% TONIGHT, 70% WEDNESDAY.


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PALMDALE - With roads still closed and mud still to be cleaned up from storms two weeks earlier, 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
 is expecting another round of rain.

The National Weather Service estimated the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae).  Valley's chance of rain at 40 percent for tonight and 70 percent for Wednesday.

Forecasters said there will be an inch to 2 1/2 inches or rain in the mountains and only one-half inch to an inch of rain along the coast and in the valleys, possibly less in the Antelope Valley - and far less than the torrents that came in the Jan. 6-11 storm.

The snow level through Wednesday is expected to be around 6,500 feet, though it could drop to 6,000 feet late Wednesday. One or 2 feet of snow could fall at the highest levels of the 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. , forecasters said.

Antelope Valley rainfall totals this season are already well above the average for an entire year after heavy rains in October and in the two weeks after Christmas.

Rainfall since July has totaled 9.82 inches in Palmdale, triple the average 3.28 inches that normally falls by mid-January, the National Weather Service said. Palmdale's average annual total is 7.73 inches.

Rainfall Jan. 6-11 was heavier elsewhere in the valley than it was in Palmdale, which had 2.43 inches over the five days. Lancaster had 4.16 inches, Acton got 4.49 inches, and the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. , 15 miles west of Lancaster, had 6.83 inches.
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Date:Jan 25, 2005
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