As weekend storms move toward Southern California, forecasters are starting to narrow down when the heaviest rain will hit and how much precipitation the region can expect.
“We will get rain, but we won’t get it on Friday,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said Thursday morning. “We’ll get very little rainfall as far as accumulation on Saturday, but it will be enough to keep you guessing with the dark skies and light rain.”
DiCarlo said the more impactful rain will arrive later in the weekend.
“It’s the second system overnight Saturday through Sunday, now that’s looking like the period … that’s where we see the greater chance of rain and the higher rainfall totals.”
The National Weather Service also expects the first system moving through Southern California to stay mostly north of the greater Los Angeles area, bringing only about a tenth of an inch of rain to most places overnight Friday. Conditions on Saturday are expected to fall between the two systems.
By Saturday night, a colder and stronger system will move in, bringing more than an 80% chance of rain across the region, according to the weather service. Rainfall totals from the second storm will exceed those from the first, though they are not expected to be especially high.
“I would be surprised if the majority of areas got any more than a quarter inch to a half an inch,” Henry said. “Some of you will get more because some of you will get thunderstorms.”
Thunderstorms could increase rainfall totals in some areas to more than an inch, according to the weather service.
Snow levels will remain relatively high, with only a few inches of accumulation expected around resort elevations.
A warming trend is set to return to the region early next week.
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