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Record Rainfall Totals for Oct. 5 Set on Wednesday

481 collisions on Los Angeles County freeways and other highways are reported between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., compared to 138 in the same period a week ago.

A cold Pacific storm brought record rain and high winds to the Southland Wednesday, along with chilly temperatures and more than triple the car crashes from a week earlier.

Record rainfall totals for Oct. 5 were set at downtown Los Angeles (1.15 inches), Sandberg (.49 of an inch), Los Angeles International Airport (.42 of an inch), Long Beach Airport (.33 of an inch) and Lancaster (.19 of an inch), according to the National Weather Service.

There were 481 collisions on Los Angeles County freeways and other highways patrolled by the California Highway Patrol between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., compared to 138 in the same period a week ago when it was dry, said CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos.

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At least five people were killed in collisions, Villalobos said.

It was not known how many of the collisions or fatalities were caused by the rain.

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The early-season storm, which originated in the Gulf of Alaska, wended its way south this morning over both land and water, tapping "into a good source of moisture" accumulated to the west and southwest, said Oxnard-based NWS meteorologist Rich Thompson.

By midmorning, the weather service was reporting rain over a wide area.

Scattered showers are forecast through Thursday afternoon.

But even once the cold front passes, the "cool and unsettled weather pattern" behind it will generate scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, with some showers involving "brief, heavy rainfall" accompanied by gusty winds, according to the advisory.

In addition to rain, there could be some early-season snow fall across higher mountain elevations into Thursday morning, according to the weather service.

Winds reached 58 mph in Tonner Canyon, 46 mph in the Malibu Hills, 45 in Malibu Canyon and 41 mph in Acton.

A cold and unstable air mass aloft will continue a cool and showery weather pattern into Thursday, according to a National Weather Service forecast.

The NWS forecast highs for Thursday of 52 on Mount Wilson; 64 in Newhall, Palmdale and Lancaster; 67 at Los Angeles International Airport; 68 in Pasadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Long Beach and Woodland Hills; and 69 in downtown Los Angeles.

Sunny weather is forecast to return to the region Friday, when a warming trend will get under way.

By Saturday, temperature highs will be up to 15 degrees higher than
today in some communities.

 

-- City News Service


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