Mostly Cloudy And Light Rain For Southern California

A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THIS MORNING...SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND DECREASING SHOWERS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY. THERE WILL BE GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS INTO THIS EVENING...THEN GUSTY NORTH WINDS NEAR THE COASTAL
FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY. FAIR AND DRY WITH A WARMING TREND FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BRING BREEZY AND COOLER CONDITIONS WITH A
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
WITH COOL AND BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.

* RAINFALL...EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
NEAR THE COAST TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ONE
TENTH INCH OR LESS IN THE UPPER DESERTS. LESS THAN HALF OF THAT
TOTAL IS EXPECTED FROM THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. THE REST WILL
BE MORE VARIABLE IN AMOUNTS FROM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOWFALL...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND 4000 TO LOCALLY 3500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 4500
TO 5000 FEET WITH ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WITH STRONGEST
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR
THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO
ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY WITH STRONGEST GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH NEAR THE
LOWER COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
AND HEAVIER SHOWERS...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT
TIMES DUE TO LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS...STRONG
WINDS...AND SNOW. TRAVEL THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND INTERSTATE
8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE
IMPACTED BY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

INLAND EMPIRE:.
Today: Rain in the morning...then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 47 to 53. Light winds.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Lows 36 to 41. Light winds becoming north 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph overnight. Chance of measurable precipitation 70 percent.

Monday: Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny. Not as cool. Highs 56 to 64. Areas of winds north 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 46. Areas of winds northwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.