BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Soggy To Close Out The Month
A wet, and locally stormy pattern, is enveloping the West to end October. Any additional rainfall will only add to the already impressive rainfall our area has seen this month, which accumulated during last week’s storm. As of Friday afternoon, Bakersfield sits at 0.61″. The average for the month-to-date is 0.25″.
A North Pacific trough that has been building for much of this week is finally making its way into our area. An additional southern stream storm has formed along a subtropical jet stream and that one is expected to pick up a significant amount of rainfall on its trajectory east-northeastward. Right now, it appears that most of that rainfall may fall into the open ocean just west of Baja. However, enough of a connection may exist for another substantial rain event across parts of Southern California and Arizona where another round of intense thunderstorms and flooding is likely…