Chicago sits on the severe weather sidelines Thursday. Flurries may occur both early and again later in the day. But, it’s the East Coast’s “BosNYWash” corridor—the heavily populated stretch of territory from Boston south to New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.—under the weather gun and expecting healthy snow accumulations by the time Thursday night ends.
For the first time since last Thursday, southern California faces no additional flooding. There are signs this reprieve may be a short one. Computer models hint that another wet system may be on the way late this weekend into next week. That news comes just as Los Angeles establishes a new seasonal rain benchmark. The 33.87” of rain on the books since July 1—more than triple the 10.15” dubbed “normal”—is the largest seasonal rain tally there since the 1889-90 season. It’s makes this the third wettest water year on record and puts the area 4.31” short of the all time record.
