Sunday, August 25, 2013

Here Come The Rains?

From the National Weather Service for a flash flood watch:  FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM IVO WILL GET DRAWN UP FROM THE
  SOUTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT
  BASIN BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA
  THROUGH MONDAY. A JET STREAM OVER THE AREA WILL PROVIDE LARGE
  SCALE LIFT AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE TO CREATE THE
  POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. THERE
  WILL BE TIMES DURING THE WATCH PERIOD WHERE RAINFALL INTENSITY
  IS NOT THAT HIGH BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN
  EXISTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS MAY CONTAIN FLOWING
  WATER AT TIMES. WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY MAKE THOSE
  ROADS IMPASSABLE. BURN AREAS FROM RECENT FIRES WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=vef&wwa=flash flood watch
Call me skeptical but when the weather forecasters say it will rain, that's a good sign it won't and when it rains, these same forecasters at surprised that it rained.
We will see come Monday, won't we.

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