CW3E AR Update: 7-10 April 2016 Post Event Summary

April 13, 2016

CW3E and WRCC give a post-event storm summary about two cutoff lows that made landfall over Southern California during 7-10 April 2016. Precipitation was widespread throughout the Southeastern United States with 72-hr accumulations generally ~0.5-3 inches. While the low pressure system entrained moisture from the tropics, spatial characteristics of IWV >20 mm and IVT >250 kg m^-1 s^-1 did not meet the necesarry requirements to be considered an Atmospheric River.

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