Recent Heat-wave may give way to cooler temps Mid April and Possible Rain

By Terry Miller
With temps hovering around 90 plus degrees this past weekend, San Gabriel Valley residents were in search of relief and shade wherever possible. Just about anything water related was the best bet.
However, the current weather pattern change could bring some rain and cooler conditions to California and the Southwest, snow for the high country of the Sierra Nevada and Rockies and colder weather for Alaska, according to AccuWeather long-range meteorologists.
According to Meteorologist Ben Noll, “There is increasing confidence in the arrival of a Pacific storm late next week, which can bring meaningful rains especially to central and northern California with some rain reaching as far south as Southern California.”
The rainfall may extend beyond one storm. From mid-April into May, multiple storms loaded with moisture have the potential to track from the Southwest to the Deep South.
The pattern change could erase the persistent chill in the Northeast. The number of days with near- to above-average warmth could outnumber the chillier-than-average days in much of the mid-Atlantic, central Appalachians and the Ohio Valley.

A boy plays in the Library Park Fountain before the sun sets on day where temperatures rose to 82 degrees on March 29, 2015 in Monrovia. High temperatures are expected to last throughout the week. (Photo by: Trevor Stamp)

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