If a cold front typically brings heavy rain. Why is it that normally in Southern California when a cold front comes through it does not? We only get rain in an El Nino year. We are usually at the southern end of the cold front where lifting is less effective Our local mountains block the airflow \& rain. The cold front passes to the south of us so we miss it. Question 4 1 pts Midlatitude cyclone storm tracks (paths) across the United States and Canada generally: are responsible for the dry winters in Southern California develop in summer and fall only shift to the south in the winter and to the north in the summer move east to west.