CW3E AR Update: 22 March Outlook

March 22, 2018

Click here for a pdf of this information.

Update on Atmospheric River Currently Impacting California

  • Precipitation continues to fall across portions of California
  • The AR will begin to propagate southward bringing moderate AR conditions to Orange and San Diego Counties
  • As much as 9.5 inches of precipitation has fallen over the Coastal Mountains of California during the last 48 hours
  • ~3.75 inches of precipitation has fallen over the high elevations of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and 3.5 more inches could fall during the remainder of the storm
  • AR conditions are expected to end at ~11 pm PDT (+/– 3 hours) tonight over Southern California

SSMI/SSMIS/AMSR2-derived Integrated Water Vapor (IWV)

Valid 0000 UTC 19 March – 1600 UTC 22 March 2018

Images from CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Click IVT or IWV image to see loop of 0-48 hour GFS forecast

Valid 1200 UTC 22 March – 1200 UTC 24 March 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary provided by C. Hecht, F.M. Ralph, and B. Kawzenuk; 3 PM PT Thursday 22 March 2018

*Outlook products are considered experimental