![]() During the alert, Mel Canyon Road will be closed from Brookridge and Fish Canyon roads, and residents of the 25 homes in the area will be under parking restrictions and ordered to remove trash bins from the street. In Duarte, city officials will implement a yellow alert in the Fish Fire burn area beginning at 11 a.m. County mountains, Santa Monica Mountains and the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and San Gabriel valleys.Ī flood watch will also be in effect in Orange County, covering inland areas and the Santa Ana Mountains and foothills. These rates are capable of create shallow mud and debris flows in and below recent burn scars.”Ī flood watch will be in effect from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon for Los Angeles County beaches, the coastal region including downtown, the L.A. “Peak rainfall rates will generally be 0.25 to 0.75 inches per hour, but locally around an inch in thunderstorms and foothills to lower mountain slopes, where it is not snowing. “Flooding of small streams and urban areas will be possible with this amounts and a few main stem rivers may overflow their banks,” according to the NWS. This could create a mixture of rain/snow at the I-5 Grapevine area before precipitation turns back to all snow Friday evening.”Ĭoastal and valley areas could get between 2 and 5 inches of rain during the storm by Saturday night, with 5 to 7 inches possible in the foothills. ![]() “… Snow levels will fluctuate quite a bit as the southerly flow will raise levels to about 4,500 feet briefly on Friday afternoon. “This system will bring a broad swath of moderate to locally heavy rain and snow (to) the area,” according to the NWS. When the brunt of the storm begins to arrive Thursday, all major mountain passes will be at risk of snow, while other areas could get up to a half-inch of rain.īy Thursday night, however, things will begin to worsen. The snow level could fall as low as 1,500 feet in the foothills, with the possibility of accumulating snow on the Grapevine section of the Golden State (5) Freeway. Friday, with forecasters anticipating 3 to 6 inches of snow in the foothills and 1 to 3 inches on the valley floor, with winds gusting to 45 mph.įorecasters said temperatures will remain chilly Thursday, with coastal and valley areas hovering in the 40s and 50s. Friday for the mountains, thanks to anticipated “low elevation snow, strong winds and very cold wind chills.” In the Antelope Valley, a winter weather advisory will be in effect until 10 a.m. County mountains.Īhead of the blizzard warning, a winter storm warning will be in effect in the mountains until 4 a.m. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle.”Īccording to the NWS Los Angeles office - which is actually based in Oxnard - the blizzard warning is the first issued in the area since 1989, when a warning was also issued for the L.A. “If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. “Travel should be restricted to emergencies only,” according to the NWS. Higher elevations could see as much as 7 feet of snow, with accumulations of 6 to 12 inches possible at elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 feet, “including most major mountain passes.” Forecasters said up to 5 feet of snow could accumulate in the mountains, accompanied by wind gusts topping 55 mph. ![]() The NWS issued a rare blizzard warning that will be in effect for the Los Angeles County mountains from 4 a.m. ![]() The winter storm is expected to intensify by late Thursday and into Friday. Main thing today continues to be the low snow levels which will result in some impacts to roads through the mountains, even in areas that don t often get snow, such as Cuesta Pass in (San Luis Obispo), possibly San Marcos Pass above Santa Barbara, and Highway 14 between Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley.”įorecasters said the snow level will drop as low as 1,500 feet Thursday, but it will increase to at least 2,000 feet by late Friday morning. “More shower activity than yesterday but still mostly on the light side. “For today (Thursday) and tonight just scattered light showers with rates generally a tenth of an inch per hour or less,” according to the National Weather Service. Light snow flurries were also reported in some northern areas, with forecasters warning of unusually low snow levels that could endanger motorists on mountain passes by later in the day. Rain and hail fell on parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties Thursday, beginning several days of winter weather that will also include strong winds, dangerous surf and hazardous driving conditions in the mountains, where a rare blizzard warning will be in effect.īy mid-morning Thursday, hail had been reported in locations including Pasadena and Long Beach, while light rain fell in many other areas, leading to a damp but manageable morning commute. ![]()
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