"A band of showers was moving across western L.A. County as of 7:30 a.m., with rainfall totals amounting to just a fraction of an inch, said Rich Thompson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. There was a slight chance of showers Thursday afternoon and evening, he said. No significant issues were expected due to the light amounts, he said."
"That comes after a series of atmospheric river storms resulted in downtown Los Angeles' wettest start to the water year, which begins Oct. 1., since 2011. It's also the fourth-wettest start to the water year for downtown since records began being tracked in 1877, according to the National Weather Service, and the wettest start to the water year for Lancaster, Sandberg, Camarillo, Oxnard and Santa Barbara."
"Conditions were expected to dry up Friday and remain dry through the end of the month, Thompson said. More than 14 inches of rain have fallen on downtown L.A. since October - roughly 99% of what the city typically sees during the entire rainy season. The storms lifted the state out of drought, with California reporting zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor."
Drizzly conditions affected the Los Angeles area as a band of showers moved across western L.A. County, producing only a fraction of an inch of rainfall. A slight chance of additional showers persisted Thursday afternoon and evening, with no significant impacts expected. Conditions are forecast to dry up Friday and stay dry through the end of the month. A series of atmospheric river storms produced downtown Los Angeles' wettest water-year start since 2011 and the fourth-wettest since 1877, and the wettest starts at several nearby stations. More than 14 inches fell downtown since October, roughly 99% of a typical rainy season, lifting California out of drought with zero areas of abnormal dryness in 25 years.
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