…WET WEATHER MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND…
A STRING OF DISTURBANCES OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN…AND SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED.
THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ON SATURDAY MORNING. ONE FINAL ROUND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN BETWEEN EACH SYSTEM…LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS DUE TO CONTINUED MOIST WESTERLY FLOW.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE RANGE OF 0.75 TO 1.75 INCHES FOR THE COAST AND VALLEYS…AND 2.00 TO LOCALLY 4.00 INCHES ON THE FOOTHILLS AND COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE BIGGEST TOTALS SHOULD BE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE QUITE HIGH ON FRIDAY…NEAR 7000 FEET…BUT SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 5500 FEET OVER THE SAN BERNARDINOS AND 6500 FEET OVER THE SAN JACINTOS BY SUNDAY MORNING…WHERE UP SIX INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. IN THE DESERTS…GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN OR LESS IS EXPECTED.
