Two more bomb cyclones will hit the west coast of the United States and will extend to Los Angeles and San Diego
Cyclone bombs could cause severe flooding, landslides and significant threats to lives and property
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The Powerful bomb cyclone that peaked over the North Pacific on Thursday afternoon marked the first of three similar events forecast for the West Coast that will extend to Los Angeles and San Diego.
That storm will continue to send additional storms unleashing almost 2 feet of rain in some areas..
Although much needed precipitation in the drought-stricken region, it could lead to severe flooding, landslides, and significant threats to lives and property.
“This rain comes about a month ahead of average and will be very welcome to fight the remaining fires, particularly in Northern California,” said AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jon Porter.
“The Repeated storms that produce such heavy rainfall will have a major effect, effectively ending the wildfire seasonPorter added.
Wildfires have burned 1.9 million acres in California in 2021, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
As of Thursday, eight of the 17 massive fires burning in the United States were located in California.
On the other hand, the rain will come “too fast and with too much power” in some areas at rates as high as 2 inches per hour, according to Porter.
Excessive rainfall could result in flash flooding and other hazards like landslides, particularly in areas scarred from burns from wildfires that charred the ground in recent years.
An overall 0.50-to-1-inch rain is forecast to fall as far south as Los Angeles and San Diego from Monday through early Mars.s.
Locally higher amounts of 1-3 inches are expected over the mountains north and east of Los Angeles and east of San Diego.
Downtown Los Angeles has only received 0.40 of an inch of rain since the start of the new season on July 1.
Average precipitation for all of October is just 0.33 of an inch for Los Angeles and 0.29 of an inch for San Diego.
On Friday, a wide satellite view provided a clear picture of what awaits the West Coast for the next few days.
The additional storms that have lined up over the northern Pacific Ocean are heading toward the western United States and each will bring different degrees of intensity and impacts, but the cumulative effects of the storms will be dramatic.
The bomb cyclone was just the first of three storms forecast to hit the west coast of the United States through the last Tuesday in October, according to AccuWeather chief meteorologist Bernie Rayno.
While most of the fury from the first storm has subsided along the Pacific coast from British Columbia, the storm managed to dump an overall 1-3 inch rain in the region with local amounts of 4 and 5 inches in the coast of northern California.
Mount Tamalpais, California, collected more than 6 inches of rain from the storm as of Thursday night.
Since this second-pump cyclone is likely to form and travel further south than last week’s previous storms, it is expected to bring heavier rainfall and stronger winds along the west coast, attracting tropical moisture. deep Pacific.
During that period of time, rain can fall at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour for a period of time for several hours and could cause runoff on the rugged terrain that faces the ocean.
The storm that lashes from Sunday to Tuesday will bring heavy rain to San Francisco and Sacramento too.
Both cities will receive between 2 and 4 inches of rain with the potential for even greater amounts. Urban floods are almost a certainty.
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency this week.
The trio of storms “will have a positive impact on the water table,” said Porter, adding that “they will not be enough to solve all the water problems that have been aggravating for many years.”
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