After days of rain, Southern California will get a brief reprieve before another storm approaches on Thursday.
Tuesday
There is a high chance of scattered showers before the weather clears.
The cold front will move away from Los Angeles, but the cold core of the low pressure system remains. “This will bring enough instability to the area that thunderstorms are possible,” the National Weather Service in Oxnard said.
Snowfall levels were around 7,000 feet on Monday, but were expected to drop to 5,000 feet by Tuesday. Officials issued a winter weather warning for the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and northern Ventura County mountains until Tuesday night. About 2 to 5 inches of snow could fall on the mountains.
“As for the Grapevine area, snow is possible Tuesday morning as snow levels decrease,” the weather service said. Grapevine is a key travel corridor on Highway 5 that connects Los Angeles and Santa Clarita to the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.
The highest point on the Grapevine section is Tejon Pass, which has an elevation of 4,144 feet. At that location, “some non-accumulating snow is possible,” the weather service said.
A recent storm caused temperatures to drop. While temperatures reached the 60s along the Los Angeles coast and in the San Gabriel Valley on Monday, it would be “difficult to get out of the 50s” in much of Los Angeles County’s coastal areas and valleys due to late rain, the weather service said.
Wednesday
The sky is clear but cool. Highs in the 50s.
Thursday
Thursday’s storm is expected to drop rainfall amounts from 0.25 inches to 0.75 inches. As of 9 p.m. Monday, 0.74 inches of rain had fallen in downtown Los Angeles in the 24 hours. This follows a weekend of storms that began Friday and dumped 2.68 inches of rain on the downtown area.
Friday
It may rain but the weather will be sunny.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low 60s.
