Light Rain All Day In Southern California

SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH TONIGHT...

UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AROUND 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY...MOVING INLAND ACROSS NORTHERN BAJA
AND FAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT...WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO
ARIZONA SATURDAY. SOUTH FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL MAINTAIN THE FEED OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THIS EVENING.

* RAINFALL...SHOWERS INCREASING IN COVERAGE TODAY WITH GREATEST
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. SHOWERS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND ONE THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH FARTHER NORTH
WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS IN BANDS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

* SNOWFALL...SNOW LEVEL LOCALLY LOWERING TO AROUND 7000 FEET THIS
MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH A FEW INCHES OF
SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE MOUNTAINS IN SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.

* OUTLOOK FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...A COLDER
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST INCREASING THE ONSHORE FLOW
INTO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. MOISTURE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT THIS
SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO GENERATE LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE
INTENSITY SHOWERS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS
COULD LOWER TO AROUND 6000 TO 6500 FEET SUNDAY...4500 TO 5000 FEET
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND 4000 TO 4500 FEET MONDAY WITH A FEW INCHES OF
SNOWFALL ABOVE 5000 FEET.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES.
INLAND EMPIRE:.
Today: Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs 60 to 66. Light winds.

Tonight: Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then showers likely overnight. Lows 48 to 53. Light winds.

Saturday: Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning...then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 65. Light winds. Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows 47 to 52. Light winds. Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.