Status of California Storm as of 7am

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Power Outages
More than 530,000 homes and businesses without power meaning more than 1.6 million people are without power. 

The Atmospheric River
The red lines delineate the "atmospheric river." Huge amounts of humidity are coming in from the Pacific which the land and, especially, the mountains wring out of the air into rain. 

Warnings
Color codes:
  • Magenta (LA area) = flash flood warning. 
  • Bright green = flood warning
  • Green = flood watch 
  • Pink = winter storm warning. 
  • Amber = high wind warning. 
  • Sand = wind advisory (lesser condition)
  • Purple = winter weather advisory
  • Deep blue = winter storm watch 

Additional Rainfall

This is a model-generated forecast for additional rainfall between now and midnight. 

Extreme Flood Risk
The purple is an extreme risk. The red is a high risk. 

Comments

  1. RichardPFebruary 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM

    This is an interesting pattern, very similar wo what we experience near Lake Michigan. When we get low level flow across the lake, it many times according to conditions, it produces either rain or snow bands. It is just very intriguing that this is happening at a much larger scale.

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    1. Mike SmithFebruary 5, 2024 at 6:17 PM

      Hi Richard, thank you for the comment. However, the lake effect snows are due to the water of the Great Lakes being significantly warmer than air temperatures. That is not a factor in this type of (El Nino-driven) storm. Thanks for reading!

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