LOS ANGELES, CA - It turns out that California’s rain this week was more substantial than forecasters first thought, with downpours hitting record levels for the city of Los Angeles, for one.
Downtown Los Angeles saw an impressive 2.39 inches, breaking a record for rainfall for the date and marking the second-wettest 24-hour period on record for September, National Weather Service Meteorologist Robbie Munroe said. Forecasters previously predicted the region would not get more than 1 inch of the wet stuff.
The storm, which partly developed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Linda, brought the most rain in a calendar day in more than four years, the National Weather Service said. The Washington Post has also reported that Tuesday was the wettest day of 2015 in Southern California thus far.
Monroe explained to ABC News that while the wet weather was not expected to relieve the state's drought, it could be a harbinger of El Niño, which may bring heavy rain to Southern California this winter.
"El Niño increases your odds for getting more energetic storms, but you can't really attribute it to any specific storm," he said. "But a rainfall like this means we're heading in the right direction."
ABC News reports that San Bernadino County and beyond to Orange and San Diego also got hit with heavy rains. In San Bernardino County, Yucaipa Ridge received 5.4 inches of rain.
Keep following AndNowUKnow for more weather updates, and to see what’s in store for California’s drought conditions.
