শীতের ঝড় ক্যালিফোর্নিয়ায় আসছে: কী আশা করবেন
The National Weather Service has warned that a winter storm could bring heavy rain and snow to parts of California, potentially causing damaging winds and flash flooding in some areas of Southern California, especially around burn sites. Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said the storm is expected to reach Ventura and Los Angeles counties in the evening and after midnight. He said light rain may precede and follow the core movement. According to the weather service, rainfall rates of 0.25 to 0.5 inches per hour are possible, with 0.75 to 1.5 inches possible for coastal and valley areas and 1.5 to 3 inches in the mountains.
Forecasters warned that the severe storm could bring even more intense rain in some spots, as well as heavy winds that could knock down trees and power lines. “The storm system is similar to past storms that have produced thunderstorms, strong winds, and even a weak tornado or two,” Kittell said. “And while it’s hard to say for sure that will happen in the next 24 hours, it’s a plausible risk for individual storms to have those kinds of impacts.”
Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, a flood watch is in effect for areas around recent burns in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties. These burn scars are Gifford, Madre, Lake, Apache, Mountain, Post, King, Canyon, Hughes, Hearst, Kenneth, Franklin, Palisades, Sunset, Lidia, Hock, Eaton, and Bridge fires, which burned in the last two years. A flood watch is in effect until 3 a.m. Tuesday. Debris flows are also possible. Forecasters say flooding could also occur in urban areas, including areas with poor drainage and low-water crossings.
The National Weather Service also issued a flood watch for burn scars in the San Bernardino County Mountains, the Santa Ana Mountains and foothills, and interior areas of Orange County from late Monday night through Tuesday afternoon. Burn scars include Bridge, Lime, Apple, El Dorado, and the Plane fires, which burned in the last five years. Forecasters are predicting rainfall rates of 0.3 to 0.7 inches per hour in that area.
For most of the high desert, including Apple Valley and Lucerne Valley, near the San Gorgonio Banning Pass, Antelope Valley, and the Morongo Basin, a wind advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. Tuesday. Expect peak winds around 45 mph are possible.
Along the central coast and moving north into the central Sierra, the heaviest part of the storm is expected to arrive between 11 a.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday, said Emily Wilson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford. Snow levels are expected to drop to 6,000 feet, with 4 to 8 inches of snow accumulating between 6,000 and 8,000 feet and 1 to 2 feet above 9,000 feet. At lower elevations, rainfall rates of 0.2 to 0.3 inches per hour are possible, she said.
A flood watch will be in effect from 5 a.m. Monday through mid-day Tuesday for rural and mountainous areas such as Camp Nelson, Coarsegold, Oakhurst, Kernville, Fish Camp, Lake Isabella, North Fork, Auberry, Bass Lake, and Yosemite Valley. Along the east Sierra slope, as well as some communities near Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, a winter storm warning is in effect for the east Sierra slopes until 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Rainfall may continue from Tuesday into Wednesday, but the most damaging effects of the storm are expected to end by Tuesday afternoon. Cooler temperatures across the state are expected to continue through Thursday, followed by a warming trend. This is the first cold snap of the autumn season. Overnight lows in the Owens Valley are expected to drop to between 27 and 32 degrees. A freeze watch is in effect for Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine, and Olancha until Wednesday morning.
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প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-14 00:18:00
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