Special Weather at Sandberg

Special Weather Statement at Sandberg Until: Wed, 8:00 pm PDT

Details at: http://goo.gl/NdMtYg

LATE SEASON RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF
ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY. A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING AROUND 3 HOURS OF
STEADY RAIN TO THE REGION, FIRST TO SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA
BARBARA COUNTIES THIS MORNING, THEN TO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE JUST AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SAN LUIS
OBISPO COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE CHANCE OF RAIN SHOULD DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES BY
LATE AFTERNOON, AND BY LATE EVENING ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE ON NORTHERN MOUNTAIN SLOPES OVERNIGHT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.00 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. OVER LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES, TOTALS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AROUND 0.25 OF AN
INCH, BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. PEAK RAINFALL INTENSITIES OF 0.20 TO 0.33
INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY.

SNOW LEVELS WITH THE FRONT SHOULD BE AROUND 5000 FEET, BUT ANY
SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD BRING A DUSTING OF SNOW TO ALMOST
4000 FEET. SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET, WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE. WINTER WEATHER TRAVEL ISSUES ARE NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE
INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR TODAY. HOWEVER, AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING, SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS HIGHER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 5. IN ADDITION, GUSTY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED, AND THE ROADWAY MAY BECOME ICY NEAR THE TOP OF THE
TEJON PASS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATEST TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR TONIGHT.

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA. THE
STRONGEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
ANTELOPE VALLEY WHERE GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON.

THIS STORM SHOULD BRING LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS DUE TO CLOGGED DRAINS. WET OIL SLICKED ROADS
DUE TO THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN A WHILE WILL IMPACT THE
MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. THE THREAT OF DEBRIS FLOWS OVER THE
RECENT BURN AREAS IS LOW.