“The low pressure sitting off the coast is not really moving it’s just kind of funneling moisture into our area.” “Most storms we get six hours of rain and it’s through, but this particular situation is different,” he said. Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said the storm moved into the area at a fairly normal pace but then stalled when it reached Los Angeles. Multiple locations broke daily records for record low maximum temperatures as another winter storm promises to bring more moisture through New Year’s Eve. He typically walks to his supermarket, his bank and the nearby train station, so he was more than ready for dry weather to return.Ĭalifornia A soggy ending to 2021: More rain, snow and chilly temperatures come to Southern California Olivarez said he couldn’t recall seeing such consistent rain before.
“I mean, I can go out and do stuff, for sure, but it’s such an inconvenience.” where you walk everywhere,” said Koreatown resident Matthew Olivarez. Some residents said they had already seen enough.
Officials in Orange County also issued voluntary evacuation warnings for Silverado Canyon, Williams Canyon and Modjeska Canyon near the Bond fire burn area, which expired at 1 p.m. The soggy conditions lingered throughout the day, and a winter storm warning was in effect in the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties as well as San Bernardino County, including Big Bear and Wrightwood, where officials warned of difficult travel conditions with significant reductions in visibility.įlash flood watches were in effect for the Lake, Bobcat, Dam and Ranch 2 burn scar areas through Thursday afternoon, with residents asked to prepare for potential flooding and debris flows and sandbags offered at fire stations. In Sandberg, 2.05 inches of rain smashed the record of 0.57 inches set in 1995.įorecasters noted that the rainfall totals were preliminary and that additional precipitation could boost the day’s record amounts. Long Beach Airport and Los Angeles International Airport each more than doubled records set in 1981 with 2.07 inches and 3.09 inches, respectively. 30 in 1951, with Lancaster, Palmdale Regional Airport, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Camarillo and Oxnard setting new high marks at 1.17 inches, 0.85 inches, 1.9 inches, 1.81 inches and 2.03 inches, respectively. Several locations broke records set on an especially wet Dec. saw 2.34 inches of rain, breaking the record of 1.85 inches set in 1936. area Thursday, according to preliminary data from the weather service.ĭowntown L.A. 8KFPGrLfM4- Parker Day December 30, 2021Īt least nine daily rainfall records were broken around the L.A. LA Union Station is an absolute mess right now.