Philip Gonsalves
Philip Gonsalves
field inch january less rain second third time
This is only the second or third time that we've had less than one inch of rain at Lindbergh Field during December, January and February.
flash flooding higher normally places since
A lot of the places that would normally get flash flooding are at the higher elevations, and since it's so cold, it's snowing.
early until
The heavy-type rainfall won't get here until early in the morning.
colder far seen storm
This is a colder storm than we've seen so far this season.
periods short
Some of the showers could be a little heavy, but only for short periods of time.
everybody thinks
It happens. Everybody thinks it's unusual, but it's not.
august heat hottest typical
August is one of our hottest months. This is not really a heat wave. It's just typical for summer.
feet higher maybe monday places snow sunday three
Don't tell anybody, but by Monday you could play in the snow in the mountains. We could see a foot, maybe more, places like Palomar Mountain. The higher elevations could get about three feet of snow by Sunday evening.
almost directly exactly last ordinary pumping relates similar sitting system unusual weather
We had a similar system like this - almost exactly to the day - last year. There's nothing unusual or out of the ordinary about it. This weather relates directly to a low-pressure system sitting southwest of us off the coast. It's pumping moisture into the air.