Grab your winter jackets, California. Cold weather is coming this weekend
Jireh Deng April 12, 2024
Spring is nearly a month old but it’s about to feel like winter as another Pacific storm is expected to bring rain and snowfall across the state the latest in a series of soggy weekends.
Angelenos were just beginning to get a taste of
Spring time springtime
warmth, especially
this past on
Tuesday
,
when temperatures hit a peak of 77 degrees in the city. But a storm front that is moving into Southern California
tonight on Friday night
is expect
ed
to bring downright chilly temperatures throughout Los Angeles County, said National Weather Service meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld.
“Temperatures are going to drop pretty drastically,” Schoenfeld said of Saturday’s frigid weather. “Temperatures are going to struggle to even break into the 60s for most areas. Some areas
even staying [will even stay]
in the upper 50s.”
That cold weather coupled with gusts of up to 25 to 40 mph across the state will make for a wet and chilly weekend for L
.
A
.
County residents as the National Weather Service predicts the region will record anywhere from
1/4 to 1 a quarter-inch to an inch
of rain.
fall. Repairs on Big Sur’s collapsed Highway 1 start this week. No telling when they will end
The mountainous regions near the Sierra Nevada and Mammoth Lakes will receive 4 to 8 inches of snow in the upper peaks ranging from 6,000 to 8,500 feet elevation. The snowfall is expected to push water levels to 123% of normal for this season, according to
NWS National Weather Service meterologoist, meteorologist
Edan Lindaman.
Reno meteorologists typically no longer closely watch the
snowpack
after April 1 because Lindaman said the warmer
spring
weather makes it hard for snow to substantially accumulate. But in recent years
,
cold
s
pring storms have become more common.
“Last year we had several more systems that actually brought quite a few more snow and rain showers and kept things cooler and wetter
,
even through May and into June,”
said
Lindaman
said
. “So this kind of variability is pretty common, especially for springtime.”
Lindaman warned
Springtime
mountaineers to be wary of road conditions as any
snowpack
might affect their drive, although the concern has not risen to the level of an official advisory warning for the weekend.
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A landslide near Big Sur caused by heavy winter rains will
be closed close Highway 1
to motorists
this
Saturday because of the approaching storm.
Roger Gass, a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Bay Area, said there’s always a chance
that the
wet weather could exacerbate existing landslide threats “as soil moisture remains very saturated.”
“Pay attention to the roadways if you’re driving into hilly terrain,”
said
Gass
said,
adding that “the larger threat of flooding concerns are minimal.”
In Southern California, Schoenfeld said there’s a 10
%
to 20% possibility of thunderstorms that could bring heavy rains and flash flooding to areas.
“But there’s no particular area of concern at this moment,”
said
Schoenfeld
said
. “We’re not expecting widespread issues like that.”
