00:00We've needed the rain in California.
00:02We got off to such a bad start in Southern California.
00:05We've been okay in Central and Northern California.
00:08And we've gotten some rain so far this weekend.
00:12Kind of use the rainfall of what we've seen
00:14over the last couple of days in Southern California.
00:17Hasn't been a lot, but we've had some.
00:20We've had some and it's helped some,
00:22especially across the Northern portion
00:24of Southern California, LA, Basin, Inland Empire areas.
00:28San Diego got some rain,
00:29but they're so way, way behind
00:31a historical average down there.
00:32But it's better than it was back in mid January.
00:35We were at three, 4% of historical average back then.
00:38Now we're in the 25 to 55% range.
00:41So it's better off now,
00:42but we're gonna improve those numbers next week.
00:44Yeah, let's take a look at this.
00:46Can I have both storms highlighted?
00:49And certainly you could see the early week storm
00:52and then you could see the late week storm.
00:54The later week storm, Wednesday, Thursday,
00:57that's the one East of Japan.
00:58That's certainly right now appears to be the wetter
01:01and the stronger of the two,
01:02but both storms have a lot of colder air with them.
01:07They're both gonna be cold storms.
01:09The first one is gonna be mainly impacting
01:12Southern California from Point Conception on South.
01:14It's not gonna be a big rain or snow producer,
01:17but a quarter to maybe a half an inch of rain
01:19South of Point Conception,
01:20maybe more in San Diego than LA, who knows.
01:23But a little bit of snow in the mountains too
01:25for Jackie and Shadow.
01:26They're gonna have to keep the egg nice and warm.
01:29It still hasn't hatched and the chicks also nice and warm.
01:32Second storm, much, much bigger, much stronger,
01:36much more dynamics.
01:38We're gonna have feet of snow in this year,
01:41three to six feet in this year above 5,000 feet,
01:44maybe a foot to three feet down to 3,500 feet,
01:48one to two feet of snow in the Southern California mountains,
01:51one to two inches statewide in rainfall on average
01:54with some of the upslope areas
01:56getting maybe as much as four or five inches of rain.
01:58And all the problems that will entice
02:01is we're gonna have travel problems
02:03and we have a moderate to maybe even a high chance
02:07of some debris flows in those burned areas.
02:09So you think, Ken, in this,
02:11I was thinking maybe two or three inches across the base
02:14and you think it's more like maybe one to two,
02:16two to four in the foothills, like numbers like that?
02:20No, I can see the places like Eaton
02:22and the Palisades area getting two to three inches of rain,
02:26like you said, maybe as much as four in some spots.
02:29They're in a favored area there.
02:32And one to two inches statewide on average,
02:35but there are gonna be some areas which will get more.
02:39Details of the exact rain amounts
02:41and where their highest is gonna be,
02:43a little bit uncertain right now
02:44because it is just Friday
02:46and we're talking next Tuesday to Thursday and Friday.
02:50So we don't wanna get stuck too much
02:52on the exact rain amounts,
02:54but significant rain amounts statewide
02:57and potentially some potential problems
03:00in Southern California with debris flows.
03:02Really quickly, Ken,
03:03we were way behind in the Southern Sierra snowpack.
03:08And even in the Central, we were a little behind.
03:10We've made it some ground
03:12and maybe by the end of this storm,
03:14we'll get a little closer to the historical average
03:17in the Central and Southern Sierra?
03:19Yeah, I think that those numbers now
03:21are up to about mid-70s Central and South.
03:25Central dropped down a little bit
03:26because we're supposed to get a lot of snow
03:28this time of year.
03:29Those dropped down a little bit.
03:30South came up some,
03:32but we're looking at a great improvement in those numbers
03:35even as we get through next week.
03:37We're gonna see probably 80 plus percent
03:40normal amount of snowpack.
03:44All right, Accuweather California expert,
03:46meteorologist Ken Clark, 50 years and counting.
03:50Nobody knows California best, better than Ken.
03:54Ken, have a great weekend.
03:56Have a great weekend yourself.
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