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“As the day wears on … we could definitely start getting those heavier showers and thunderstorms developing,” said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

“Unfortunately, there’s a lot of uncertainty with the thunderstorms,” said meteorologist Kristan Lund.

But meteorologists say they have observed that rains now often fall in huge volumes within a small area in a short span of time after a prolonged dry spell.

In Los Angeles, “August is slightly warmer on average than September, by 0.3 degrees,” said meteorologist Devin Black, also with the agency.

Meteorologists tracked between 50 and 100 lightning strikes per hour across Southern California on Tuesday morning, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.