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The recent storm brought over 2 inches of rain to the Santa Clarita Valley this week, but is it enough to delay wildfire from igniting during a time known for dry conditions?
Monday into Tuesday, a storm rolled into Los Angeles County, bringing rain to the lower elevations and even snow to the surrounding resorts.
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service released the rainfall amounts of the Santa Clarita Valley.,
- Newhall – 2.17 inches
- Castaic – 1.42 inches
- Del Valle – 1.25 inches
- Saugus – 1.13 inches
- Castaic Junction – .94 inches
While this week’s storm came earlier in the year, a time that has been known to have gusty dry winds, fire officials say this storm is not going to put an end to a potentially dangerous fire season.
Although most residents in high-prone fire areas have cleared vegetation around their homes, Jonathan Torres, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, says all this rain will do is make grass grow back in cleared areas.
Torres recommends homeowners in the months to come to make sure all the grass or shrubs that sprout back up from the recent rain to remove and retrim the plants to maintain defensable fire space.
In the days to come, conditions are expected to heat up again, and Torres says all the rain Southern California received will quickly dry up, saying what precipitation we did get was “a drop in a bucket.”
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