Hey So Cal Loungers; check out this weather bulletin

[Capn Sunshine]

CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK... BUT THE EXACT DETAILS OF TIMING ARE STILL UNCLEAR. AT THIS TIME... IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE THREE OR FOUR SEPARATE STORM SYSTEMS MOVING INTO THE AREA BETWEEN LATE SUNDAY AND FRIDAY. FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS... AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAVORED SOUTH FACING COASTAL SLOPES.
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YIKES!

[XemaSab]

1. I for one welcome our

El Nino overlords.

[cbayer]

2. Do you have a link where I can follow this? It greatly influences my plans.

:hi:

[necso]

6. Here's a link to the NWS forecast for Riverside (Riverside county, CA):

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Riverside&state=CA&site=SGX&textField1=33.9533&textField2=-117.395

You can enter the city of your choice.

The special weather statement (I didn't clean it up; snow could be even heavier than predicted below (4 Feet), if predicted precipitation amounts prove true... but who knows):

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1253 PM PST THU JAN 14 2010

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-152200-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
1253 PM PST THU JAN 14 2010

...BIG CHANGES IN THE WEATHER NEXT WEEK...

MAJOR CHANGES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER
AFTER THIS WEEKEND. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL BRING CLOUDS...
COOLING...WIND...AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NEXT WEEK WITH
SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE EXACT TIMING AND
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BUT THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE
VIGOROUS...AND BRING LARGE RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS ALL WEEK LONG EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL OF 4
TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE COAST...TO 20 OR MORE INCHES ON THE COASTAL
MOUNTAIN SLOPES. TYPICALLY WETTER LOCATIONS ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS
SLOPES COULD RECEIVE 30 OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL. EVEN THE DESERT
LOCATIONS ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN.

SNOW LEVELS WILL MOSTLY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 5500 AND 6500 FEET WHICH
WOULD CONFINE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO MAINLY THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. UP TO
AROUND 4 FEET OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT THE HEAVIEST LOCATIONS.

IF RAIN DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED THEN THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL
OF FLASH FLOODING...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW
RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. THE RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND TRAVEL
THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS COULD BECOME
HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW COULD ALSO CREATE
AN AVALANCHE THREAT FOR AREAS LOCATED BELOW STEEP SLOPES OF THE
HIGHER SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS.

PEOPLE SHOULD STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES OF FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.

[cbayer]

7. Thanks, I follow the marine forecasts closely, but they haven't included anything

about all this rain.

:hi:

[denbot]

3. Oh man weather.com is predicting rain all week but does not give projected amounts.

The whole Mt. Wilson burn area is toast.

[Iggo]

4. Oh joy.

There are very few times of year when I hate being a pub trans user in L.A. County.

This is one of those times.

Ah, well...suck it up, Iggo. It's just water falling from the sky.

[soleiri]

5. Same here

Luckily, I have no where I have to go for the next few days.