El Nino Causes Rain in California
This weekend’s weather focal point is in California, where the semi-dormant El Nino is producing torrents or rain in the Los Angeles area. Here are some 24 hour rain amounts in the area, as of 3 PM Pacific Time on February 11th:
Los Angeles Airport - 1.47 inches
Van Nuys - 2.46 inches
Malibu - 1.52 inches
Simi Valley - 1.87 inches
San Diego - .98 inches
The picture below shows the storm centered on Los Angeles:
Meanwhile. on the east coast, the rainy weather on Wednesday moved up the northeast coast, producing snow in some areas of New England. A high pressure system over Texas and a cold air mass from Canada are in control, producing the high wind gusts we saw today and yesterday. Look for the winds to moderate Saturday, and a return to seasonable temperatures, before the rain now in California reaches our area for almost another inch of rain on Sunday.
Although a cold blast of Arctic air is going to affect the North Central states next week, the Southern branch of the jetstream will protect the Atlanta area, and we will see more or less normal February temperatures during the week next week, with the next chance of rain coming the weekend of February 19th.
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