Both my WxSim forecast and John Lindsey at PG&E forecasted a chance of rain for Monday a day before the NWS did…
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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 603 AM PST SAT NOV 22 2008 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-230215- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 603 AM PST SAT NOV 22 2008 ...UNSETTLED AND WET PATTERN POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK... A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE AREA NEXT WEEK...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BRING COOLER AND WET CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. COOLER AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON MONDAY AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM...WITH PRECIPITATION POSSIBLY MOVING OVER THE AREA AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON OR MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON TUESDAY...POSSIBLY CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO THE BURN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH COLDER AIR PUSHING INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SNOW LEVEL MAY LOWER TO NEAR 6000 FEET. MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR ON THE PASSES OF HIGHWAY 2 IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND HIGHWAY 33 IN THE VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. BY LATE WEEK...A COLDER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. WHILE THE TRAJECTORY AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS UNCERTAIN...COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. AS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MUCH COLDER...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SNOW LEVELS COULD LOWER TO BELOW 5000 FT...AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR. RESIDENTS LIVING BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD...POSSIBLY LEADING TO DEBRIS FLOWS. IF TRAVELING INTO OR OUT OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK...IT IS ADVISED THAT TRAVELERS PREPARE ACCORDINGLY AND ADD EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS SAFELY AND TIMELY. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WET WEATHER PATTERN...PLEASE MONITOR WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET...OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE. $$ HALL/KAPLAN
