Day 15: West Coast Deluge
The previous couple of posts have alluded to a shift in the United States weather pattern from extreme cold in the east to extreme wet in the south. Below is a 5-day forecast of rainfall amounts from the National Weather Service (NWS). The heavy rain maker from last night’s post is continuing to move slowly east across the Gulf of Mexico. As it moves back onshore in the southeast US, heavy rain will once again be possible, and is highlighted by the widespread 3-5 inch predicted rainfall amounts
The next storm system in the active southern stream is currently off the west coast about to batter California. Widespread 3-5 inch rainfall amounts are possible in the lower elevations with higher elevations seeing upwards of 8-9 inches of liquid equivalent (in other words, if the precipitation falls as snow, the amount of water left over after melting the fallen snow).
As a good friend of mine recently stated, “the West Coast may have natural water parks by the end of next week.”
(Image courtesy from the NWS Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC).)
