As a record-breaking Christmas storm wraps up across Southern California, sunny skies are in store for the weekend before rain returns on New Year’s Day.
The storm prompted the wettest Christmas Eve-Christmas Day recorded for downtown Los Angeles in 54 years, the National Weather Service said, with the area catching 2.79 inches.
Other Los Angeles spots actually broke records, with the wettest two-day totals for the holiday: Woodland Hills collected 4.64 inches, while near UCLA 3.10 inches fell.
And January through March are usually the wettest months for Southern California.
In fact, the region has already collected more than half of what is typical for the year that started on Oct. 1.
Downtown L.A. is even way ahead of that — having already collected 76% of its usual rainfall for the year.
“That’s quite impressive, actually,” said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Across California, water reservoirs are benefiting from the current storm.
“All the large reservoirs, the levels are above the historical average for Dec. 25,” he said.
Moving into the weekend, the region should see sunshine.
“Pleasantly warm, I would say,” Sirard figured.
Next week is expected to start off windy: A cool, dry offshore flow are forecasted to bring some strong Santa Ana winds, 40 mph to 50 mph in some stretches — up to 60 mph in other areas Sunday night and into Monday morning.
“What’s going to happen with these winds, one of the concerns we have, is that since the ground is so saturated, it will take considerably less wind to knock down trees,” Sirard said.
With the storm leaving the ground waterlogged, in addition to trees falling much more easily, there is the risk of power outages and driving hazards, he noted.
On New Year’s Day, rain is expected to return to Southern California — though not with the ferocity of the storm that just hit.
The National Weather Service says New Year’s Eve might even get some precipitation. Jan. 2 might get some rain, too — before another dry weekend.
Below are the spots that collected the most rain for each county over three days, ending at 6 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, for L.A. County and at noon for the other counties:
Los Angeles County
Chilao South, 11.6 inches Warm Springs Camp, 11.3 inches Cogswell Dam, 11.1 inches Crystal Lake, 10.7 inches Warm Springs 9.9 inchesSan Bernardino County
Middle Fork Lytle Creek, 14 inches San Sevaine, 10.8 inches Wrightwood, 10.5 inches Lytle Creek, 9.7 inches Bernina Drive, 9.4 inchesOrange County
Upper Silverado Canyon, 4.8 inches Upper Harding Canyon, 3.8 inches Orange County Reservoir, 3.3 inches Fullerton Creek, 3.3 inchesRiverside County
Mount San Jacinto, 3 inches Idyllwild, 2.8 inches Temescal FS Guard Station, 2.7 inches Live Oak Canyon, 1.9 inches Prado Dam, 1.8 inchesHence then, the article about la gets most christmas rain since 1971 and another storm is coming for new year s day was published today ( ) and is available on The Orange County Register ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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