It's all about the weather today — rain, winds, possibility of hail, possibility of mudslides in the burn areas around Sierra Madre, and our scanner is working overtime on accident reports on the 210 and 134 The Twitter feed from CHP says there's an injury accident blocking lanes at Sierra Madre Blvd., and injury accidents on the 134 in Glendale at the 2, the 5, and Pacific. Sounds like a good day to stay home!
National Weather Service report after the jump
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY… BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST INCREASE ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT… SPREADING INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES ON MONDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS… LOCAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH… SMALL HAIL… AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS ON MONDAY SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION… BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUT AND FUNNEL CLOUD ACTIVITY… AS WELL AS ISOLATED SMALL TORNADOES. AREAS NORMALLY MOST FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUT AND SMALL TORNADO ACTIVITY INCLUDE THE LOS ANGELES BASIN… AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD OFF THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST.
Instruction:
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA… ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENT BURN AREAS. IN ADDITION… A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS… WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
