Southern California Weather Force

Tropical Storm ROSA is about to make landfall in Northern Baja, Mexico and will move into the Yuma forecast zones overnight tonight and Phoenix by the morning.  Out ahead of the system however the moisture is streaming northward into our region and deeper than yesterday for certain spots.  This is acting similar to the ‘Summer Monsoon’ pattern so again like […]

Issued Zones:  San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego Mountains … Hemet/Banning/Yuciapa forecast areas … Metro High Desert from Lucerne Valley to Apple Valley and Hesperia … Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective now through today … Date:  10/1/18 at 9:00am PT Forecast: Moisture streaming northward from Rosa along with a dry flow ‘aloft’ from the […]

Issued Zones:  Imperial County … All Riverside County Deserts … Eastern San Bernardino Deserts, including the Morongo Basin (JTNP) … Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Thunderstorm Watch effective now through Wednesday .. This is a PROLONGED WATCH ALERT … Date:  9/30/18 at 9:15pm PT Forecast: The Thunderstorm Watch for the IMP/RIV Deserts issued Sunday morning for the […]

Issued Zones:  Los Angeles Basin/Coast … Orange County … San Diego County … The Inland Empire … San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles Mountains … Metro High Desert Hesperia/Vic/Luc Valley Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Weather Advisory effective now through Tuesday… Date:  9/30/18 at 8:10pm PT Forecast:  A spiral arm band is coming into the region […]

Issued Zones:  Eastern Riverside Deserts … Imperial County … Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Thunderstorm Watch effective now … Date:  9/30/18 at 10:50am PT Forecast:  surge in tropical moisture from Hurricane ROSA is coming into the area starting this afternoon/evening.  This surge will be accompanied by instability and thus with lifting on the arm-band of the hurricane […]

I will be taking off today and resuming work on Sunday to monitor the storm for the day with only this one update. The image has color values … Here is what it means.  Read on for details … Red – Rosa’s impacts will be center in the far eastern forecast area as initially expected with track number 2. There […]

Hurricane ROSA is a category four system and will weaken back to category three by the evening.  Latest satellite images show an impressive system and it is still expected into the Southwest USA after the weekend with ‘pending’ Pacific Storm Ophelia joining the show.  Read on for details. First I will say that an increase in onshore flow this evening […]

That is right, the hurricane is now a category two and rapidly will make category three by this evening.  There is a chance that the cutoff system that will drag her northward could be officially named the first Pacific Storm here at Southern California Weather Force as we resume the list we left off on and the next is OPHELIA.  […]

Issued Zones:  Imperial County .. Eastern Riverside and San Bernardino County Deserts … CO River Valley … Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Flood Watch effective Monday into Tuesday of this next week Date:  9/27/18 at 8:10am PT Forecast: Hurricane ROSA will move into the region as a tropical storm by October 1st.  Rainfall will begin out ahead […]

Yesterday ROSA became a Tropical Storm.  The forecast here slated it to become a hurricane today and this was step three.  Step four is monitoring the track and believe it or not we’ll need a cutoff low to drag her into the region.  Read on more for details, including the forecast for the Miramar Air Show this weekend and three […]