WINTER STORM HEADS TO SEA STILL A CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Staff Writer A winter rainstorm that was scheduled to drench drench 1. to give medicines in liquid form by mouth and forcing the animal to drink. See also drenching. 2. medicines given as a drench. 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. bypassed the region Tuesday, leaving only the prospect of showers on Friday, the National Weather Service said. The storm, which wreaked havoc in Northern and central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
``The storm moved south; then it just took off and sat in the ocean,'' said Stuart Seto, a meteorologist with the NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) . ``Not even Santa Barbara got that much rain. Northern California had a lot of problems, but (the storm) missed us completely.'' The NWS canceled a flash flood watch A Flash flood watch is issued when conditions are favorable for flash flooding in flood-prone areas where grounds are already saturated from recent rains. The Storm Prediction Center does not issue those watches, only National Weather Service offices can do so. for much of Los Angeles County, as well as a winter storm warning See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms. A Winter Storm Warning is an announcement made by the National Weather Service of the United States which means a winter storm is occurring or is about to occur in for mountain areas. NWS forecasters also reduced the chance of rain today from 80 to 40 percent. Meteorologist Curt Kaplan said the storm ended up looking far different than the agency's computer models had suggested, adding that the bulk of the moisture was blown west and south by a powerful jet stream. ``It didn't work out like we thought it should,'' he said. It will be partly cloudy with highs in the 60s today and Thursday, making for a cool, yet dry New Year, Seto said. There will be a 30 percent chance of rain on Friday. In mountain areas, snow levels will range from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, although light snow could fall as low as 4,000 feet along north-facing interior slopes, producing snow accumulations of one to three inches, according to an NWS advisory. Nonetheless, motorists traveling through mountain areas should remain on the alert for winter weather conditions, since light snow coupled with gusty gust·y adj. gust·i·er, gust·i·est 1. Blowing in or marked by gusts: a gusty storm. 2. Characterized by sudden outbursts. winds can create hazardous driving conditions, the advisory said. Winds of between 20 and 25 mph, with higher gusts, were expected in mountain areas, the NWS said. At sea level, east winds of between 15 and 20 mph were expected. City News Service contributed to this report. Phillip W. Browne, (818) 713-3707 phillip.browne(at)dailynews.com |
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