First Storm of the New Year Eyes Southern California

Corona, CA, January 02, 2009 --(PR.com)-- OWSweather.com systems have changed. The Current Weather Discussion (CWD) is no longer available. Kevin Martin, Meteorologist and Owner at OWSweather, believes OWSweather is not used for general weather forecasts. A survey done some time ago revealed that most people come during actual storm events. Not many come to see how sunny Southern California will be. So OWSweather.com has discontinued the daily forecasts, and will stick to weather events and issuing weather watches 24/7 that need to be up.

On top of all the changes, users can still view "In The Cards" on the site. In The Cards was developed by Martin to give the user a grading scale on consistency of the medium/long range weather event outcome. It works by giving scenarios and grading them, updating every 12 to 24 hours. It has proven to be a great tool to find out how consistent a pattern will be. "Up until this product, we did have a non-public grading system here in the office, "said Martin. "Now viewable to the public, it will be a great way for them to see what we are actually eyeing to prepare a forecast for in the near future, and there is a storm system on the horizon."

A storm system is looking more likely in the medium range. In The Cards shows a near medium consistency in bringing another storm system as a cutoff wave into Southern California by January 4, 2009. The window is January 3rd to the 6th, however Martin believes the date is closer to the 4th. "This will be the first storm of the new year, "said Martin. "It's looking like an average storm system and nothing spectacular, with snow levels at 5,000 feet East of Los Angeles, and lower West and North through the Gorman Pass. Could see snow on the pass if the trend continues.

Martin says that this type of pattern is typical of more Santa Ana Wind conditions by mid-month. Though with the rain recently, fire danger is not expected to be critical.

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