STORM HAULS WEEKEND RAIN; SEASIDE SWELLS, MOUNTAIN SNOW FORECAST AS WELL.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Reports The second storm of the season should dump up to an inch of rain on 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. today and up to 8 inches of snow in local mountains before tapering off in time for Sunday's post-holiday rush home, weather officials said. 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 towering surf will accompany the Pacific storm as it rolls into 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, from 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 , said National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Hoffer ``Mother Nature is tossing a good one at us,'' Hoffer said. Forecasters said the storm would build Friday night with the heaviest showers coming overnight and continuing through this morning. Clearing should begin this evening, leaving partly cloudy skies Sunday. One-half to 1 inch of rain was expected in coastal and valley areas, with up to 2 inches in the foothills and mountains, he said. The weather service issued a snow advisory for Friday night for the mountains of Ventura County and those of Los Angeles County above 6,000 feet. That advisory will turn into a winter storm watch See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms. A Winter Storm Watch is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is a potential for heavy snow or significant ice accumulations. today in those same areas. The snow level may drop to 4,000 feet today in the coldest valleys, he said. The Grapevine stretch of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. will get at least a dusting of snow, but officials said it was too early to know if that would snarl the crush of motorists expected to return home Sunday. ``We know the weather may be a factor but it's wait and see now, and we don't have any specific plans in terms of (California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. ) involvement or for us being up there,'' said California Highway Patrol Officer Frank Sansone. Today's storm will also bring heavy surf to west-facing beaches. Swells in Los Angeles and Orange counties will reach 5 feet to 7 feet, with Ventura and San Diego counties getting waves of up to 8 feet, Hoffer said. The surf is expected to decrease slightly Sunday. The first storm of the season came earlier this month and brought about a half-inch of rain to the Civic Center. Partly cloudy skies are forecast through Monday, with the next chance of showers coming Tuesday, Hoffer said. The new storm arrives just as researchers have determined that La Nina and El Nino seem to be getting along. Measurements of sea-surface height made by the Topex-Poseidon satellite show that the La Nina condition stalled in the tropical Pacific is coexisting with the remnants of last year's El Nino event, according to researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. . Coexistence of the two contrasting conditions is causing oceanographers to believe that the ocean and the climate system have not recovered from the record-breaking warming that occurred during the past two years, JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. officials said. ``The forecast intensification of this La Nina for fall 1998 and into winter 1999 has yet to live up to its billing,'' research oceanographer Bill Patzert said in a recent report. ``The size and heat content of this cold pool of water has remained remarkably stable for the past five months since El Nino began to dissipate in mid-June,'' he said. JPL's latest image of the phenomena, based on Topex data, depicts sea-surface height relative to normal ocean conditions Nov. 8. Sea-surface height is an indicator of how much heat the ocean contains. The image shows remnants of El Nino's warmer waters - indicated by high sea level - still lingering north of the equator. At the same time, the area of cold water known as La Nina - indicated by low sea level - remains in the center of the Pacific. La Nina and the better-known El Nino are essentially opposites, and the status of both phenomena is important to forecasting global weather patterns because of the interaction of the ocean water with the atmosphere above it. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Climber Bill Clarke of Northridge scales a rock face beneath cloudy skies Friday at Stoney Point in Chatsworth. David R. Crane/Daily News (2) A family braves the threat of rain to take a stroll along Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills. 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. areas did get wet in the evening. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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