Heavy rain is expected to batter Southern California for most of Thursday and Friday, leading to possible flash flooding and debris flows in recent burn scars in the mountains, weather forecasters said.
The winter’s heaviest storm was set to start dumping steady rain on Los Angeles County on Thursday morning, then Orange County and the Inland Empire later that afternoon, forecasters said. It should clear by Friday evening.
The rain should help what has been an unusually dry rain season, said Joe Sirard, meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office.
“We’re looking at a stronger winter storm with a good amount of rain and we need it,” Sirard said. “We obviously hope to avoid any drought conditions and this will help.”
Coasts and valleys in Los Angeles County could see anywhere between 1 ½ to 3 ½ inches of rain, while south facing mountain slopes could see 2 to 5 inches, Sirard said.
Projections for Orange County and the Inland Empire were slightly lower, with an estimated 1 to 2 inches expected in the coasts and valleys and 2 to 3 inches in the foothills, Meteorologist Samantha Connolly said.
Snowfall was expected as low as 5,500 feet, with estimates of 1 to 3 feet of snow in Los Angeles County mountain ranges above 6,000 feet, Sirard said. In the Riverside and San Bernardino mountain areas, weather experts were anticipating about 6 to 16 inches of snow, Connolly said.
The conditions will cause potentially hazardous conditions along mountain roadways, Sirard said.
“It’s pretty typical with heavy rain, but you don’t want to be caught in it either,” he said. “If you travel as little as possible during the rain event, you’ll avoid a lot of potential headaches.”
A flash flood watch was already in effect for Orange County and the Inland Empire, Connolly said, with the possibility of debris flows from recent burn scars from the El Dorado, Silverado and Bond fires. In Los Angeles County, forecasters were paying particular attention to the Bobcat fire burn scar and issued a Flash Flood Watch in effect from 4 p.m.Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday.
In areas near the El Dorado and Apple fire burn scars in Riverside County, residents were warned to prepare for evacuations in the event of mudslides and debris flows.
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High surf was anticipated along the coasts in Los Angeles County, leading to the possibility of a high surf advisory, Sirard said.
Forecasters said the storm should clear by Friday evening, leading to mostly sunny skies over the weekend.
“We’re expecting mostly sunny this weekend…with some warming on Sunday and Monday,” Connolly said. “We may see another small storm system coming in on Tuesday, but not super significant.”
SEASON-TO-DATE RAINFALL TOTALS
*From Oct. 1, according to National Weather Service
Downtown Los Angeles: 2.69 inches
Fullerton: 2.53 inches
Long Beach: 2.10 inches
Mission Viejo: 2.64 inches
Redlands: 3.29 inches
Riverside: 2.06 inches
San Bernardino: 3.69 inches
Torrance: 2.04 inches
Van Nuys: 1.55 inches
Whittier: 2.16 inches
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