More Storms Threaten Lives, Homes out West
- West Coast Radar, Image: NOAA
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Heavy rain storms continue to pound the West Coast. Mudslides have forced the evacuation of homes in California. A series of storms is lined up in the Pacific Ocean.
Tonight's Forecast, Image: Unisys Weather
This is a computer model forecast for tonight’s rainfall. You can see the entire state of California will be swamped by this Pacific storm.
The National Weather Service is forecasting more than 7 inches of rainfall for Southern California over the next 3 days.
It will begin to dry out by late Saturday night into Sunday.
We are currently in a moderate El Nino pattern. El Nino is a term to describe a change in the weather pattern in the western Pacific Ocean. An El Nino winter in California can lead to torrential rainfall.
-Dawn Brown