Rain chances enter California forecast, but not for areas that need it most:- During the coming week, there is a possibility of precipitation in several regions of California.
Rain chances enter California forecast, but not for areas that need it most
However, while there is a good probability of rain in Northern California, the prognosis is not looking good for Southern California, which has been experiencing wildfires due to circumstances that are exceedingly dry and windy.
“Right now, it looks very minimal to nothing at all,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, about the possibility of precipitation in the greater Los Angeles area, which includes Ventura County.
This week, the Mountain Fire has consumed more than 20,000 acres and more than 100 homes in Ventura County.
Over the next week, Eureka is expected to receive three to four inches of rain, and Redding is expected to receive one and a half inches, according to Marc Chenard, a forecaster with the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, which is part of the National Weather Service.
While Southern California continues to be dry, Northern California may experience significant levels of precipitation, particularly in the far north.
There is a possibility that San Francisco and Sacramento will each record approximately half an inch of precipitation, while locations further south are expected to get less precipitation. Around 0.1 inch of precipitation was visible in Santa Barbara, which is located in Central California.
The rainfall totals that Chenard anticipated over the next seven days were offered with a disclaimer, which was as follows: “The needle on those could change.”
As a procession of storms moves across the Pacific Northwest, the possibility of precipitation materializes. Chenard stated that he would refer to these as “solid systems,” but due to the fact that they have a track record, their effect will not be broad throughout the state.
According to what he claimed, “the southern edge will be over Northern California,” which means that the major core of them would be over the states of Washington and Oregon. It is only an issue of how far south those systems go,” as the saying goes.
The storm is expected to have an impact on counties in the far north of the state before it makes its way to the San Francisco Bay Area. The first significant chance of rain is expected to arrive in Northern California on Sunday and Monday.
According to Roger Gass, a forecaster working for the weather service’s office in Monterey, the greatest time for rain to fall in the Bay Area is from Sunday evening until Monday afternoon. This information was provided on Friday.
“We have a 70% to 90% chance of rain during the day on Monday, and then it will taper off by Monday night,” said Gass. “The chance of rain will decrease.”
With this initial system, the mountains in the North Bay might receive 0.5 inches of precipitation, San Francisco had less than 0.25 inches, and San Jose received approximately 0.10 inches.
Before a second system makes landfall in Northern California on Wednesday and possibly continuing into Thursday and Friday, it is anticipated that Tuesday will be for the most part dry in the state of California. Gass stated that it is too early to determine the overall amount of rainfall that is expected.
In spite of the fact that it is not anticipated that these storms would deliver rain to Southern California, Lewis, who works at the Los Angeles weather service office, stated that they may bring about sustained winds.
During a time when the vegetation in Southern California continues to be dry and highly combustible, the severe weather conditions are a major cause for concern.
During the autumn season, the region is prone to Santa Ana winds, which are winds that blow from the northeast to the east and originate offshore.
Winds like this are notorious for stoking the flames of wildfires, and they have done so this week. Lewis stated that there is some evidence that the winds would be blowing in a northerly direction next week, rather than blowing in a way that is northeasterly toward Santa Ana.