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What to Know
- Rain is within the forecast for the following few days, together with two intense waves from Thursday night into Friday and Friday night into Saturday.
- Evacuation warnings are in impact for communities close to some burn scars, together with close to the Eaton Fireplace space in Altadena and the Palisades, Hurst and Sundown fireplace burn zones.
- Showers will linger via the weekend with an opportunity of rain early subsequent week.
- Snow ranges will begin at 8,000 ft, decreasing to six,000 ft Thursday night time into Friday.
- Half of California is drought-free in mid-November will pockets of reasonable to extreme drought in Southern California.
Important rainfall is within the forecast beginning Thursday night and thru the weekend for Los Angeles, elevating the danger of flooding and potential mudslides in current wildfire burn scar communities.
The heaviest rain is anticipated Thursday night into Friday morning and Friday night into Saturday with lingering showers this weekend. Evacuations warnings, indicating residents ought to be ready if evacuation orders are issued, are in impact for components of Southern California because of the flood and slide menace.
Here is what to know concerning the mid-November storm.
Storm timeline
- Thursday afternoon: Mild and remoted showers start.
- Thursday night into Friday morning: Heavier rain with elevated threat for flooding and particles flows.
- Friday afternoon: Mild to reasonable rain
- Saturday and Sunday: Lingering showers
A separate, however much less highly effective, system seems on monitor to ship extra rain early subsequent week.
Temperatures can be within the 60s for many of the area. Robust wind gusts are potential.
The mid-November storm timeline.
Rain and snowfall estimates
- Coasts/Valleys: 1 to 2 inches
- Mountains/Foothills: 2 to 4 inches
- Snow ranges: Round 8,000 ft, decreasing to six,000 ft Thursday night time into Friday. Just a few inches are potential at resort stage.
Rainfall estimates and the storm timeline would possibly change, relying on the trail of the storm. The system will transfer into the Central Coast by Thursday afternoon earlier than persevering with south within the night.
Evacuations
Town of Los Angeles issued an evacuation warning that can be in impact from 6 p.m. Thursday via 11 a.m. Sunday for residents close to the Palisades, Hurst (Sylmar) and Sundown (Hollywood Hills) fireplace burn zones. Los Angeles Police Division officers had been anticipated to go door-to- door in notably high-risk neighborhoods to contact residents.
Los Angeles’ Emergency Operations Middle will activate at 6 p.m. Thursday.
County officers issued an evacuation warning for residents close to the Eaton Fireplace space in Altadena. County officers warned that some other current burn space may be at elevated threat of flooding or particles flows.
Street closures
Within the Palisades Fireplace space, Caltrans will shut Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Pacific Coast Freeway and Grand View Drive at 10 p.m. Thursday. Caltrans officers stated motorists ought to count on the stretch to stay closed at the very least via the Friday morning commute, however doubtlessly via the weekend, relying how the storm develops.
That stretch of Topanga Canyon has been present process nightly repairs, with the street closed between midnight and 5 a.m.
The California Drought Monitor map for Nov. 13, 2025.
California drought replace
Average to extreme drought was reported in pockets of Southern California with many of the state drought-free, in keeping with Thursday’s Drought Monitor replace.
9 % of California was in extreme drought, the second-least extreme of the Monitor’s 4 drought classes. Areas embrace most of Orange County, western Riverside County and slivers of San Bernardino County.
About 32 % of the state was in reasonable drought. Practically 50 % of California was drought-free.
Presently final yr 5 % of the state was in extreme drought with 17 % in m reasonable drought. Three months in the past close to the tip of a sizzling and dry summer season, 23 % of the state was in extreme drought with almost 40 % in extreme drought.
