FORECAST CONFIDENCE BEYOND THURSDAY DROPS TO EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS 

  AND NOW THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS STORM MAY POSSIBLY GO SO FAR SOUTH 

  THAT RAIN AMOUNTS COULD BE DRAMATICALLY LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY 

  INDICATED. IN FACT, THE 18Z NAM KEEPS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF LA 

  AND EASTERN VENTURA COUNTIES MOSTLY DRY WITH THIS EVENT. WHILE THIS 

  IS AN EXTREMELY DRAMATIC SHIFT AND TOO MUCH TO GO WITH AT THIS 

  POINT, IT CERTAINLY DEMONSTRATES THE AMAZINGLY LARGE VARIANCE IN 

  POSSIBILITIES THAT EXISTS WITH THIS STORM.