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Soggy Southern California Christmas could make up for a dry year

Posted by: Maven on December 23, 2008 at 12:52 pm

From the Los Angeles Times:

A heavy rainstorm, paired with wind gusts and snowfall in the mountains, is on the way to the Southland, just in time for Christmas, officials said.

“It will make it a little sloppy going to grandma’s house,” said Bill Patzert, a climatologist with Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. “After it’s been so dry all year, up to a couple of weeks ago, it’s like we’re trying to catch up all at once.”

The big holiday storm should arrive tonight or Wednesday morning, bringing an inch to 3 inches of rainfall to Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties, said Bill Hoffer, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

“This looks to be an energetic storm,” Hoffer said. “The potential exists for a very significant rainfall event lasting through Christmas.”

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December 23, 2008 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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