LOS ANGELES — A powerful late-season Pacific storm introduced extra wind, rain and snow to saturated California on Tuesday as the primary full day of spring confirmed little change from the state’s extraordinary winter.
Forecasters mentioned the storm would concentrate on the southern half of the state, bringing threats of heavy runoff and mountain snowfall measured in ft.
Ponding water shut down a number of lanes of U.S. 101 in downtown Los Angeles earlier than daybreak, and there have been quite a few reviews of automobiles being disable by freeway potholes.
The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned the storm is a Pacific low strain system interacting with California’s twelfth atmospheric river since late December.
California’s surprising siege of moist climate after years of drought additionally included February blizzards powered by arctic air.
The storms have unleashed flooding and loaded mountains with a lot snow that roofs have been crushed and crews have struggled to maintain highways away from avalanches.