Hey Southern California

[Jack_Dawson]

Are you ready for the Noah's Ark rains we're about to experience? I hope my patched skylight holds up.

Downpours Ride In on a Jet Stream

By Hector Becerra and Amanda Covarrubias, Los Angeles Times

More rain has fallen in Los Angeles over the last three months — 15.68 inches — than normally falls in an entire year, making this the wettest start to a rainy season since 1966.

Now, forecasters expect a storm coming from the north and drawing moisture from warmer southern waters to dump up to 15 inches of rain in the mountains and up to 5 inches in Los Angeles beginning today and continuing through the weekend.

The storms point to a larger weather phenomenon across the West, with California, Arizona, New Mexico and southern Nevada receiving more rain than normal while Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are getting less than normal.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rain7jan07.story