Some areas had some powerful thunderstorms move through that caused damage, and well… some of you haven’t seen much. Read on for details.
Areas of expectancy for less tstorm activity was certainly far southern portions of the forecast area of San Diego all in due part of being closer to the thick debris clouds in the morning. The lower atmosphere didn’t have the needed warming to lift the parcels higher and create larger clouds. Still, you got some rain out of the system.
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The day started out with less clouds over the Los Angeles County Mountains. This was predicted in the morning article to move westward, which it did. It hit parts of the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley before heading into Ventura and Santa Barbara County, where Santa Barbara had an 80 mph wind gust from a microburst. The Special Weather Statement for that area was issued a day ago, so you had your warning on what was coming along the coast. Furthermore, Kern County got hit very hard in the Bakersfield forecast zones with either a strong microburst or a small tornado. This also was predicted in the Special Weather Statement issued a day ago, which read;
“As Tropical Storm Lidia moves southwest of us on Sunday, the arm-band will enhance thunderstorm activity along the coastal zones of this statement area, including an increase for SLO/KERN County, all the way west to Morro Bay … the northern extent of the activity I expect …Tornadoes are also very possible on Sunday in these areas.”
Storms formed in the Riverside area of the Inland Empire and shoved westward into the Los Angeles and Orange County zones as well .. .these were more powerful in the Inland Empire but surged at a fast rate to the other areas.
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Now, what caused it all? Tropical Cyclone Lidia was the cause. We were on her northeast side as it hit the Martin Storm Diamond. This diamond is an imaginary diamond-shaped zone southwest of Southern California that I have been studying and dubbed it the Martin Storm Diamond, named after my studies. So given she did cross into it, storms would have been a given due to upper lifting support.
What is next? Well the only thing left is for her last outer arm band to move through, which moved across the Imperial / San Diego County area earlier. It was very weak and it should maintain this way with slight strengthening as it rotates over the IE/OC/LA and High Desert areas tonight and then before sunrise Monday morning for Kern County.
Whether or not it’ll be a shower event sweeping by or thunderstorms is unknown, but there is some upper instability present overnight so I cannot rule out some strikes with outer band … just don’t expect much.
Monday will be a lull in activity for the metros .. .but it’ll remain hot and muggy … We are not done yet …