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SAN DIEGO – Monsoon season is successful afloat plaything crossed the parched Southwest, but it’s the remnants of what was erstwhile Tropical Storm Juliette successful the Eastern Pacific Ocean that could origin immoderate problems successful the occidental U.S. connected Thursday.
It’s been a bedewed and stormy week crossed the Southwest, and it’s looking similar that inclination volition proceed done astatine slightest the extremity of the week.
Earlier this week, Phoenix was plunged into acheronian arsenic a massive haboob swept crossed portions of Arizona.
And successful Nevada, torrential rainfall led to a mudslide that covered portions of Interstate 80, forcing officials to adjacent the roadworthy astatine Derby Dam betwixt Fernley and USA Parkway overnight.
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Crews were capable to enactment done the nighttime to wide mud and debris from the road, and the road was reopened aboriginal Thursday morning.
More monsoon rainfall and thunderstorms are expected successful the West and Southwest, but it’s uncommon rainfall successful Southern California that’s making headlines.
"When we speech astir tracking the moisture from Juliette, which is nary longer a tropical storm, you person to ticker however that moisture gets strung retired and stretched retired and into the United States," FOX Weather Meteorologist Marissa Torres said. "And archetypal up is Southern California."
The rainfall is decidedly needed successful the West and Southwest. Arizona, for example, is 100% successful drought.
And the aforesaid is existent for portions of Southern California, including the San Diego area.
This graphic shows the existent drought concern successful the occidental U.S.
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"Right now, implicit Southern California, portions of San Diego County, we’re seeing that rainfall," Torres continued. "It’s not dense compared to what we’re seeing successful areas farther disconnected to the east. But San Diego doesn’t typically spot rainfall successful August."
In fact, San Diego lone averages astir 0.01 inches of rainfall successful August. And the past measurable rainfall that fell successful August successful San Diego occurred backmost successful 2023.
The wettest August connected grounds successful San Diego occurred backmost successful 1977.
"Whenever we person adjacent a decaying tropical system, sometimes the upper-level winds tin scoop up that moisture and transport it to land," Torres said.
While rainfall is successful the forecast connected Thursday, flooding doesn’t look to beryllium a interest astatine this time.
"There’s nary flood interest successful Southern California for (Thursday)," Torres said. "Which speaks to immoderate of the lightness of the rain."
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