By Jonathan Tamayo
Missing Call Letters
If you haven’t noticed, a cold front is pushing eastward this morning. The atmosphere will continue to remain moist and unstable tonight, creating heavy showers across the mountains.
Showers will decrease overnight but some will linger into early tomorrow morning. on northern slopes and in the San Gabriel Mountains
And of course, with rain, comes snow! Snow levels will range from 2000 to 2500 feet. Gusty winds will cause blowing snow and will occasionally reduce visibilities to near zero, so be careful while driving. Driving conditions will be treacherous and snow may travel on portions of the 5 freeway near the Grapevine and the 14 freeway over the Soledad Pass and into the Antelope Valley
Further south, total snow accumulations are expected to average 3 to 7 inches in the Los Angeles mountains. Ventura and Santa Barbara counties have the highest snow totals above 4000 feet.
Here’s the rainfall totals as of 10 am Monday morning in the LA metropolitan area:
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
HAWTHORNE (KHHR)……………… 0.13
LOS ANGELES AP (KLAX)…………. 0.12
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES………….. 0.28
LONG BEACH (KLGB)…………….. 0.09
SANTA MONICA (KSMO)…………… 0.30
MONTE NIDO FS………………… 0.28
BIG ROCK MESA………………… 0.28
BEL AIR HOTEL………………… 0.24
BALLONA CK @ SAWTELLE…………. 0.32
BEVERLY HILLS………………… 0.12
HOLLYWOOD RSVR……………….. 0.27
L.A. R @ FIRESTONE……………. 0.10
DOMINGUEZ WATER CO……………. 0.12
LA HABRA HEIGHTS……………… 0.15
And last but not least, in Orange County there is a wind advisory in effect until 7 pm Monday. There will be widespread showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms throughout the day. Some thunderstorms may produce small hails.
Highs will be 53 to 58 degrees with southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening and a slight chance of showers overnight. Lows will be between 40 to 45 degrees
Tuesday will be mostly sunny with light winds, Tuesday night mostly clear in the evening becoming partly cloudy with lows in around 40 to 46 degrees.
