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[pct-l] two weather articles from San Diego Paper

Two weather articles from San Diego Union Tribune. They are available at
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/daily_index.html but you have to
register (its free though). There is a nice photo today of tulips on Mt
Palomar (4200 ft) covered in snow.

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Sunshine may yield to a wet weekend

By Ed Jahn   STAFF WRITER 

May 14, 1998 

Don't be fooled by the sometimes sunny skies today and tomorrow. At least
two more  weeks of unseasonable, El Nino-influenced weather is still possible.

The unusual, winterlike storm that dropped more than an inch of rain in
parts of the  county and dusted the mountains with two inches of snow began
moving to the east  late yesterday.

"But it looks like we're going to continue in this pattern of cool weather
and showers  every few days for a couple more weeks," said Brandt Maxwell,
forecaster with the  National Weather Service. Long-range forecasts are
based on computer projections, he  pointed out.

Although scattered showers were expected overnight, today should be typical
of  springtime, with highs in the upper 60s after morning low clouds give
way to sunny  skies.

That forecast should repeat itself tomorrow, but a weak storm system being
carried from  the Gulf of Alaska into the state by the jet stream should
bring overcast skies and a  chance of showers over the weekend.

The El Nino effect is keeping the jet stream much farther to the south this
time of year,  but most of the precipitation from upcoming storms should
stay to the north of San  Diego County, Maxwell said.

Mountain residents awoke yesterday to frosted trees, but the effect was
short-lived. "It  was white when we woke up, but now it's down to just a
couple of spots," said Julie  Truett at the Laguna Mountain Lodge. "It's
raining off and on between periods of  sunshine."

Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Poway and Alpine all reported rainfall totals of
well over an  inch from the latest storm. The official rainfall total at
Lindbergh Field was .35 for the  storm, bringing the season total to 17.68,
which is 7.91 inches above normal.

Highs tomorrow should be in the upper 60s to low 70s, after overnight lows
in the  mid-50s along the coast and near 50 inland.

The mountains should also have clear skies, but the weather will remain
brisk with highs  in the mid-50s and overnight lows near freezing. The
unseasonable weather should  make the deserts quite pleasant, with sunny
skies and highs near 80. Overnight lows  will be near 50.

Copyright 1998 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. 

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Storm takes life of illegal immigrant

UNION-TRIBUNE 

May 14, 1998 

MOUNT LAGUNA -- One man in a group of about 30 illegal border crossers died
of  exposure after the group was caught in Tuesday's storm, authorities said.

The victim, identified as Raul Gonzaez Cruz, 29, was dead by the time
sheriff's deputies  and Border Patrol agents reached him at the site of a
former Air Force base off Sunrise  Highway.

Sheriff's officials said several of the border crossers made their way to
the Mount  Laguna Lodge to telephone for help at 9:25 p.m. They led
authorities back up to the  mountains.

An ambulance crew checked the other immigrants for injuries and symptoms of
 exposure, then released them to the Border Patrol to be returned to Mexico.

As of April 30, 39 illegal border crossers had died this year along
California's border  with Mexico, the Mexican Consulate in San Diego said.

Copyright 1998 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.  
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