The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for parts of Southern California this morning: Intense downpours of up to a half-inch an hour could cause road flooding and mudflows in burn areas, including around the Getty Fire area in Brentwood.
A storm rolling into Southern California was bringing dangerous driving conditions to the Grapevine on Wednesday as Thanksgiving travel picked up.
As this storm fades by Friday, a new winter storm is expected to arrive in Northern and Central California on Saturday, persist through the busy Sunday travel day and continue through Tuesday.But unlike the Thanksgiving week storms that have resulted from a cold front from the Gulf of Alaska, next week’s storm is expected to be fueled by an atmospheric river of subtropical moisture from the west — long plumes of water vapor that can pour over from the Pacific Ocean through California.
Depending on what areas are affected by the atmospheric river, there could be concerns about mudslides for recently burned areas, such as the Kincade fire area of northern Sonoma County, which burned through very steep terrain.Rich Thompson, meteorologist with the weather service’s Oxnard office, reiterated that, in Southern California, the atmospheric river could bring a good soaking to the L.A. area by Wednesday or Thursday.
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