{"id":1036306,"date":"2026-09-01T04:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036306\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:37:23","slug":"tropical-trouble-what-to-know-about-socal-rain-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036306\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical trouble? What to know about SoCal rain forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tropical trouble? What to know about potential heavy rain in SoCal<\/p>\n

Tropical Storm Marie is expected to develop soon off the coast of Mexico. That storm will move north, potentially bringing soaking rain to parts of Southern California for Labor Day weekend<\/p>\n

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A developing tropical system has the potential to bring heavy rain and rough surf to Southern California over Labor Day weekend. But a week away, much is yet to be determined about this forecast. <\/p>\n

Tropical Storm Marie is expected to form within the next day or two off the coast of Mexico. This storm will get pulled northward and likely strengthen into a hurricane over open water. <\/p>\n

As the storm approaches the Southern California coast at the end of the week, it will hit cooler waters and weaken. A landfalling named tropical system is highly unlikely in California.<\/p>\n

What is very possible is heavy rain and localized flooding from the remnant moisture this storm will send northward. <\/p>\n

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The American forecast model (GFS) depicts possible heavy rain in Southern California as early as Sunday as a tropical cyclone moves northward.<\/p>\n

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As of Monday evening, some forecast models are showing the potential for at least an inch of rain somewhere between Santa Barbara County and Los Angeles County on Labor Day, with higher amounts possible in the mountains. <\/p>\n

Rain of that intensity could lead to localized flash flooding. On the other hand, that amount of rain would put a prolonged pause on wildfire season in Southern California. <\/p>\n

This outlook is likely to change repeatedly over the next couple of days as Marie forms and forecast models get a better sense of where the storm is headed. <\/p>\n

Significant impacts are not currently expected in Northern California. Depending on where the storm goes, a little bit of beneficial rainfall is possible in the central Sierra. <\/p>\n

Anyone with plans in Southern California this holiday weekend or next week should monitor the forecast carefully. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tropical trouble? What to know about potential heavy rain in SoCal Tropical Storm Marie is expected to develop…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1036307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[23],"tags":[746,97462,1599,212680,414640,45018,79296,414643,6080,145221,20133,414642,6773,62950,159,30773,2549,7925,414641,47594,24007,67,132,68,39399,2452,151004,11039],"class_list":["post-1036306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-fields","tag-forecast","tag-high-amount","tag-hurricane-marie","tag-labor-day","tag-labor-day-weekend","tag-localized-flooding","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-next-couple","tag-next-day","tag-potential-heavy-rain","tag-rain","tag-santa-barbara-county","tag-science","tag-socal","tag-southern-california","tag-storm","tag-tropical-storm-marie","tag-tropical-system","tag-tropics","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-waves","tag-week","tag-wildfire-season","tag-wind"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117193938319183856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}