The usual dry conditions on the west coast, they seem to have their days numbered since a forecast from the National Meteorological Service (NWS) ensures that a rain system He is approaching California loaded with much relief.
According to the specialists, between three or four storms they could hit the west coast of the country, showering California, Nevada and Arizona with heavy rain during the last two weeks of January.
A Pacific storm system will bring rain to the desert southwest over the next two days. A Slight Risk for excessive rainfall is in effect tomorrow with 1 to 2″ of rain possible across portions of southern Arizona and California and isolated 2 to 3″ + in the Peninsular ranges. pic.twitter.com/Jsx3m83b2j
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) January 19, 2021
The NWS Prediction Center, assured that a pacific storm system will bring rain over the desert of the south-west region and it even issued a mild excessive rain hazard alert in some areas of Southern California and Arizona.
2020 was a year with very little rainfall and was characterized by high temperatures and thousands of fires in the Golden State. Just yesterday, the phenomenon of the Santa Ana Winds would have brought gusts of up to 80 miles per hour, which left thousands of homes without electricity in a preventive way, since when the winds are present, more fires occur.
The Californian state averages 2.5 inches of rain per year, but with the possible three or four storms predicted by the NWS, the region could get 2-3 inches in the next few days, something that is unusual in the region characterized by the absence of rain.
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