SOGGY WEATHER EXPECTED : STORMS THREATEN RAIN THROUGH WEEKEND.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer It's supposed to be a ``typical'' winter storm - brief but very wet. That's how weather officials described the bout of rain that was expected to steadily pelt pelt the undressed, raw skin of a wild animal with the fur in place. If from a sheep or goat there is a short growth of wool or mohair on the skin. the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. throughout the day, the first in a series of storms expected to keep the area soggy through the weekend. The storm could dump up to 1-1/2 inches of rain as it moves through 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. area, before it lets up Saturday. ``It's a pretty typical, good winter storm,'' Vladimir Ryshko, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said of the expected weekend rainfall. Weather officials said a new storm will arrive Sunday. Ryshko said it is too soon to predict how strong it will be, or how long it will last. With the first storm, some snow is expected to fall in the mountains, Ryshko said. The snow level could drop to 6,000 feet by this afternoon, with six inches or more of snow expected to blanket the highest peaks. In the Valley, the wet weather is expected to be steady throughout the day. Already, this year's rain season has been wetter than last year - and wetter than normal. At the Los Angeles Civic Center, 6.25 inches of rain has been recorded since the season began in October. By this time last year, only 1.45 inches had fallen. The normal rainfall through Dec. 26 is 4.56 inches, Ryshko said. While clouds hovered over 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, as a warning of things to come, wet wintry win·try also win·ter·y adj. win·tri·er also win·ter·i·er, win·tri·est also win·ter·i·est 1. Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold. 2. weather already was creating a mess in Oregon and Northern California on Thursday, triggering automobile crashes and power outages. More than 122,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Portland area, where ice-heavy trees and branches toppled onto power lines, sometimes pulling down whole rows of power poles at one time. Not only did it snarl automobile traffic, the weather put a damper on holiday air travel. More than a dozen flights were canceled and many others delayed when Portland International Airport
was without power. In Northern California, motorists heading to the Sierra Nevada experienced four- to five-hour delays thanks to heavy snowfall. Meanwhile, rain pelted the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay on Thursday with rainfall totals ranging from 0.10 of an inch to more than an inch in Santa Rosa in Sonoma County and in Kentfield in Marin County. Most flights at San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . were delayed at least two hours Thursday, frustrating holiday travelers. |
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