An unusual sound was heard Thursday in California — the staccato of raindrops. For the first time in months, rain fell in significant quantities across the parched state. Los Angeles picked up an inch of rain since midnight on Thursday, with higher elevation areas outside the city seeing heavier amounts. Rain also fell in the Bay Area and San Diego, as the first in a series of Pacific storms made landfall.
Heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms is forecast for southern California through Friday, with a second and stronger storm lasting from Friday through Saturday. Heavy snow is forecast for the San Bernardino Mountains as well as parts of the Sierra Nevada, where the snowpack has been running well below average due to a dry and unusually mild season so far. Read more…
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