Tropical storm Kay strikes parts of Southern California with winds of over 100 mph

Regions in Southern California faced winds of 100 mph or more. These set off alarms related to coastal flooding and mudslides. The storm system along the northern coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula could deliver heavy rains, flash flooding, strong winds and muggy conditions. The tropical storm Kay lay about 130 miles off the coast of San Diego. Meteorologists are surprised that the storm has managed to maintain much of its strength even as it moved into the chilly waters near California. Usually, tropical storms lose much of their punch s they move north. That is the opinion of a meteorologist of the National Weather Service in San Diego. Kay continued to produce strong gusts in Southern California. Forecasters indicated Kay was producing 2 to 4 inches of rain in the southernmost areas of California. Some isolated pockets received 6 to 8 inches. Tropical Storm Kay ‘keeps punching’ as it hits SoCal with 100-mph winds, intense rain. Heavy rains and winds of 100 mph struck the mountains in San Diego County. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the northeastern some part of the county.

Singer Alicia Keys postponed her sold-out concert at San Diego State University in view of the possibilities of foul weather. However, the game between the Dodgers and Padres took off as scheduled at Petco Park. There are dangers of flash flood in the mountains of Southern California. The warnings apply to parts of the desert. Areas near the Imperial Valley were under a flash flood warning. The intense winds led to damaged power lines and uprooted trees in San Diego County. Incidentally, it was in 1997 that Southern California last felt the effects of a tropical storm. At the time, it was Tropical Storm Nora. It led to floods, disruption of power apart from traffic crashes. There was also destruction of homes in Orange County.

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#blizzardnyc #BilldeBlasio #winterstorm To err is human and the US National Weather Service (NWS) cannot be faulted for having given a misleading weather forecast on blizzard in New York City. The NWS had predicted that "potentially historic blizzard" would strike New York City and has, now, graciously admitted that its forecasts were wrong.
Yes, there was snow but NYC was largely spared the miseries as the storm piled deep snow on Connecticut and Massachusetts.
City mayor Bill de Blasio was quick to deny that he had overreacted to warnings – he explained it away by saying that he could take decisions only on the information that is available. In view of the forecast, an emergency had been declared in a swathe of north-eastern states. The meteorologists had predicted up to 90cm (36in) of snow but, officials later downgraded the numbers.
Moreover, the New York City authorities had imposed a driving ban, which has since been lifted, and had also taken the unprecedented step of shutting the subway.
Of course, blizzard warnings continue to be there for Maine and eastern New Hampshire.
The NWS has sought to explain the forecast as one where rapidly deepening winter storms are very challenging to predict and has added that the storm has moved further east and will be departing faster than the forecasts of the past two days.