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12/12/2024
WT Staff
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December 12, 2024 914 am PST
Rain in the central valley, extreme drought in Lahontan watershed region, Inyo County
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river flow gauges in California
Raining, 43 degrees at Visalia Municipal Airport, heading for a high near 52 with rain tapering off by 4pm. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible today. A slight chance of rain tonight before 10pm with areas of dense fog and some patchy frost after 5am.
Streamflows run normal to above normal statewide with a dozen sites recording above the 90th percentile scattered throughout the watershed regions of the state. Lahontan watershed's Amargosa River continues to run low near Tecopa, the Lahontan watershed retains an area of extreme drought in the southeast Inyo County. Colorado River watershed continues to run below normal on the drought map through San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial Counties.
A general statement from National Weather Service national outlook notes California's Santa Ana winds bringing about a critical to extreme fire weather danger
across portions of the southern state this week. According to forecasters Kong and Oravec at the NWS, "Dry conditions and milder temperatures are in store across the West coast, Great Basin and Rockies region. The dry air, low relative humidities together with the latest episode of Santa Ana winds across southern California will produce critical to locally extreme fire weather danger. These fire weather conditions will be most prominent
in the higher terrain areas to the north and east of the Los Angeles to San Diego region. Winds of 35 to 45 mph in the valleys and gusts of 50 to 65 mph in the mountains will help fan any fires that do develop quickly
and may reduce visibility with blowing smoke and dust adding to travel concerns in the region. Across these areas, red flag warnings are currently in effect, affecting nearly 13 million people.
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