Status of California Storm as of 7am
Power Outages
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.
Color codes:
This is a model-generated forecast for additional rainfall between now and midnight.
The purple is an extreme risk. The red is a high risk.
More than 530,000 homes and businesses without power meaning more than 1.6 million people are without power.
The Atmospheric River
Warnings
- 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
Extreme Flood Risk
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.
ReplyDeleteHi 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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