本周风暴将给加利福尼亚带来雨水，南加州周四前预计降雨最为强劲。
A Storm Will Bring Rain to California This Week The heaviest rain was expected in Southern California through Thursday.
在经历了数月炎热干燥的天气后，加利福尼亚各地景色干枯，火灾风险居高不下，预计周三和周四将有一场风暴带来较低气温和降雨机会。以下是需了解的关键信息：预计南加州将出现最强降雨，引发洪水担忧。旧金山湾区的轻雨可能导致通勤路况混乱。雨水不会终结野火季节，但会使景色变得湿润。
After months of hot, dry weather that left the landscape across California parched and the fire risk high, a storm is expected to bring cooler temperatures and a chance of rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Here are the key things to know: The heaviest rain is forecast for Southern California, raising concerns about flooding. Lighter rain could make for messy commutes in the San Francisco Bay Area. The rain won’t put an end to wildfire season, but it will dampen the landscape.
预报员表示，最强降雨将落在南加州，该地区上周末经历了数天的猛烈大风和高温，助长了多场野火，包括诺尔特大火，这场大火迫使数千人撤离，并至少损毁了橙县六处住宅。
Forecasters said the heaviest rain will fall in Southern California, which late last week experienced several days of fierce winds and hot temperatures that helped fan multiple wildfires, including the Norte fire, which forced thousands of people to evacuate and damaged at least six homes in Orange County.
预计到周三早些时候，风暴将位于圣巴巴拉县海岸附近，带来持续降雨的可能，降雨将从加州中部向南加州扩散，持续到周四。
By early Wednesday, the storm is expected to be off the coast of Santa Barbara County, bringing a chance for steady rain that will spread from Central California to Southern California through Thursday.
降雨将有助于降低野火风险，尤其是预计降雨量较高的南加州，但即便如此，也无法终结旺盛的火灾季节。
The rain will help reduce the risk of wildfires, particularly in Southern California where higher totals are expected, but even there it will not put an end to the peak fire season.
“我们需要至少四到五英寸的降雨，才能看到火灾季节结束，”气象局奥克纳德办事处气象学家迈克·沃福德表示。
“We need at least four of five inches of rain before we see an end to the season,” said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the Weather Service office in Oxnard.
圣路易斯奥比斯波县至圣地亚哥县之间可能出现半英寸至1.5英寸的降雨量。雷暴带来的强降雨可能使部分地区降雨量增至两英寸或更高，并引发洪水，尤其是在最近被野火烧毁的地区。
Rainfall totals of half an inch to 1.5 inches are possible between San Luis Obispo and San Diego Counties. Heavy rain from thunderstorms could nudge totals up to two inches or higher in some places, and cause flooding, particularly in areas recently burned by wildfires.
即使对于专业气象学家来说，也很难准确预测雷暴将在何处形成，但从圣巴巴拉县到洛杉矶县一带的可能性最高。这些风暴还可能带来闪电、小冰雹以及海面上的水龙卷。
It’s difficult, even for expert meteorologists, to pinpoint exactly where the thunderstorms will form, but the possibility is highest from Santa Barbara County to Los Angeles County. These storms could also bring lightning and small hail as well as waterspouts over the ocean.
雷暴带来的暴雨将给南加州带来轻微的洪水威胁，当地雷暴可能倾泻大雨。
The heavy rain from the thunderstorms will bring a slight threat of flooding to Southern California, where thunderstorms could unleash heavy downpours.
气象部门发布了一系列洪水预警，覆盖范围包括圣巴巴拉县山区、马里布海岸，以及洛杉矶县的太平洋帕利塞兹镇，这些地区近期发生过野火，地表植被被毁，极易发生被称为“碎屑流”的快速滑坡。
A patchwork of flood watches were issued, including in the mountains of Santa Barbara County and along the Malibu coast, and in the town of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles County, all areas where wildfires have recently left the landscape vulnerable to fast-moving landslides known as debris flows.
沃福德说：“对南加州 90% 的地区来说，这将是一场及时雨，但部分地区可能会遭遇超出承受能力的降雨量。”
“For 90 percent of Southern California it’s going to be a nice rain, but there is the potential for some areas to get more rain than they can handle,” Mr. Wofford said.
周二，风暴正沿北加州海岸向南移动，该地区的降雨总量将低于该州南部。旧金山湾区周边地区到周四可能记录到多达四分之一英寸的降雨。降雨最有可能出现在周三上午，周四上午可能会有第二轮阵雨。
On Tuesday, the storm was traveling south along the coast of Northern California where rain totals will be lower than those in the southern half of the state. Places around the San Francisco Bay Area could record up to a quarter of an inch of rain through Thursday. The rain is most likely to fall there on Wednesday morning, with a second round of showers possible on Thursday morning.
蒙特雷气象局气象学家乔·默钱特说：“这会让部分通勤时段因路面湿滑而变得糟糕，但除此之外影响不大。”
“It’ll make some of the commute times messy with slick roads, but otherwise not much of an impact,” said Joe Merchant, a meteorologist with the Weather Service office in Monterey.
由于水分与地面积聚数月的油污混合，季节性首场降雨过后路面会变得格外湿滑。
Roads can be especially slippery after the first rain of the season because the water mixes with oil that has been accumulating on the ground for months.
暴风雨天气来袭，正值预计将受强厄尔尼诺现象影响的冬季来临之际。这种天气模式已导致太平洋飓风季异常活跃，这些风暴给西海岸带来了巨浪和洪水。大多数长期天气预报均预测，加利福尼亚州今冬将迎来高于正常水平的雨雪。
The stormy weather is arriving just ahead of a winter expected to be influenced by a strong El Niño. The weather pattern has already led to an unusually active hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, and these storms have pounded the West Coast with heavy waves and flooding. Most long-term weather forecasts have predicted that California will receive above normal rain and snow this winter.
Amy Graff 是《时报》记者，负责报道天气、野火和地震。
Amy Graff is a Times reporter covering weather, wildfires and earthquakes.