Fast-Moving Cold Storm Will Bring Rain To Monrovia

MONROVIA, CA — A cold storm out of the gulf of Alaska will bring showers to Southern California and snow in the mountains before clearing out Saturday night, forecasters said.

Southern California will see showers and possible thunderstorms starting Friday night through Saturday, with highs in the 60s, according to the National Weather Service.

Late Saturday night will see patchy fog with increasing clouds and lows in the 50s.

By early next week, temperatures will jump up back up into the mid-70s to low-80s.

The storm was some 500 miles to the west over the Pacific Ocean this morning and expected to slide into Southern California Friday evening, remaining through Saturday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall.

Along with showers Friday evening, the storm is expected to produce 1-3 inches of snow in the San Gabriel Mountains at around the 5,000-foot level, far above The Grapevine, meaning no major impacts are expected over the Interstate 5 corridor, Hall said. At sea level, between a tenth and a quarter-inch of rain is expected while in the mountains, the storm could generate between a quarter and a half-inch of rain, he said.

As of Friday morning, no mud slides or debris flows are expected over burn areas, but that could change if a thunderstorm parks itself over slopes denuded by wildfire, Hall said, adding that the chance of thunderstorms is slight late Friday evening and Saturday morning.

City News Service contributed to this post