A trio of storms are expect to move across the Southland as early as Sunday, with snow likely at higher elevations, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
\u201cSunday will be a transition day as a potent storm system approaches from the northwest,\u201d the NWS said.<\/p>\n
This first storm is expected to be the heaviest and produce the greatest overall rainfall totals, with forecasts calling for about 1 to 3 inches in coastal and valley areas and 2 to 5 inches in the mountains by Monday, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
The best estimates are calling for 1 to 1.2 inches of rain regionally on Monday, with an added 1.5 to 3 inches of rain likely on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a possibility of 3 to 6 inches of total rain in the mountains, according to the NWS meteorologists.<\/p>\n
\u201cMonday has the highest chance for debris flows in the burn areas,\u201d according to the weather agency.<\/p>\n
Rainfall is expected to decrease in intensity Monday night into Tuesday, though scattered showers could linger as colder air moves into the region, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
Snow levels are forecast to drop from around 6,500 feet early in the storm to near 5,000 feet Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A second storm system is expected to arrive Tuesday night into Wednesday, bringing colder temperatures and the potential for additional rain and mountain snow.<\/p>\n
Forecasters said snow levels could fall as low as 2,500 to 3,000 feet at times, creating possible travel hazards on mountain roads.<\/p>\n
Rainfall amounts could vary significantly, with some locations receiving around a half-inch while others may see 1 to 3 inches, the NWS said.<\/p>\n
Thunderstorms combined with strong winds and rough seas could also create dangerous marine conditions early next week, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
The third storm system is expected Thursday, but meteorologists say the moisture levels are unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
A warm and dry Saturday is expected before Sunday\u2019s powerful storm hits. Skies are expected to be overcast with highs in the 70s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trio of storms are expect to move across the Southland as early as Sunday, with snow likely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,3565,67100,38227,61,18569,776,11936],"class_list":{"0":"post-178082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-expected","12":"tag-late","13":"tag-southern","14":"tag-storm","15":"tag-strong","16":"tag-sunday","17":"tag-system"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}