Storm System Reaches SoCal- 11/29/12

Update: Infrared satellite image as of:
 12/2/12 at 12:12 in the morning.
Second storm can be seen approaching Socal.
Image courtesy of NOAA.

Update: As of 12/9/12, the storm total rainfall in my location in Los Angeles was 1.22" of rain. 

Update: As of 12/1/12, the storm total rainfall for my location in Los Angeles is .92" of rain. Another storm is expected to reach LA tommorow.

The first substantial storm system of the season just entered SoCal. The National Weather Service forecasts the first system to reach the Los Angeles area tomorrow night, lasting through the week. A second part of the storm system is expected to reach the area Friday midday and a third on Saturday night. Between the systems, isolated showers are expected. As of 4pm on 11/29, my rain gauge in Del Rey, Los Angeles, CA, recorded .25" of rain, being the largest storm reaching my location this season. Rain is expected to continue through Monday.

The NWS states that:

 "A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL TO THE AREA. A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTERMITTENT LIGHT SHOWERS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION THAT WILL BEGIN MIDDAY ON FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE ON SATURDAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE STORM SYSTEM ON SUNDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE STRONGEST AND WETTEST."

11/30/12 Image courtesy of NOAA

"FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS... RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...UPSLOPE FLOW WILL GENERATE HIGHER TOTALS RANGING FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY DOWN TO A HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY."

For more information on the storm, as well as the forecast for your location, visit: www.weather.gov