Originally Posted by
djp98374
looked at the article….what was missing are all the other storms that passed Cabo and then moved inland before it got to califotnia but instead went into arizona.
there were many that missed. East affected the rainfall was the issue of it getting pulled and stretched
the problem is— how bad could it have been when you try to plan 72 hrs in advance. The storm could slow down and stall dumping rain.
a few examples was the storm hitting Florida now with the rapid intensification from not much 36 hrs before landfall snd becoming a cat 4. Similar example was charley in 2004 thst hammered ft myers area where it crossed west Cuba as a nothing being impacted by Cuba them exploding to a major hurricane rapidly.
sure in winter SoCal could get more rain over a multi day event if the jet stream is pulling up Hawaiian moisture.
it’s also just a matter of time before SoCal gets one of these major low pressure systems that carry sustained 100+ winds on the coast. These have occured in PNW in winter where the remains of a typhoon gets into thr North Pacific still having strong winds and then getting fed with tropical moisture.
Y’all keep ignoring what we get for winter weather. On the scale of rainfall this was maybe a 3-5 year event, depending on where you are. The only thing special is that it was in August. We already get *much* bigger rainfalls in winter. And higher rates- I’ve had twice the rain in half the time without any problems in the area. The biggest risk is when there are big burns areas that haven’t grown out yet. We were lucky to not have any.
And extreme winds are many times per year with the Santa Anas. 2011 was an extreme wind event over the region that took down many thousands of trees and left millions without power.
It happens. This storm wasn’t it.