Marie’s Pacific moisture could drench SoCal with rare tropical rain

Marie, a Category 1 hurricane, is forecast to drift north and push tropical moisture toward Southern California this weekend, potentially delivering rare rain with beach hazards from high surf and rip currents but no expected flooding; moisture could also reach southern Nevada and the western Four Corners. The Pacific is active with three storms—Marie, Lowell and Karina—with Lowell near Hawaii as a major threat to Kauai before turning away, while Karina is expected to weaken offshore.