Expires:201305100430;Remove:201305100430;952958 FPUS76 KLOX 100222 NOWLOX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 722 PM PDT THU MAY 9 2013 CAZ041-046-054-059-088-547-548-100430- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- INCLUDING...MALIBU...SANTA MONICA...BEVERLY HILLS...HOLLYWOOD... LONG BEACH...TOPANGA...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG... LANCASTER...PALMDALE...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA... WOODLAND HILLS...NORTHRIDGE...BURBANK...UNIVERSAL CITY... PASADENA...SAN GABRIEL...POMONA 722 PM PDT THU MAY 9 2013 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY THIS EVENING. AT 715 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING MUCH OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES METRO AREA. EVENING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 210. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. $$ GOMBERG