Up to an inch could fall over the next 24 hours
LA MIRADA- The latest in a series of winter storms that has marched through Southern California over the past month is expected to move into the La Mirada area later this afternoon after dropping up to two inches of rain on the Central California coast overnight.
Forecasters at the NWS office in Oxnard predict tonight's storm will become much colder than the storms seen in December as the system converges with cold dry winds now flowing into the region from the east.
Bands of showers are expected to move through the area tonight and early Monday leaving from 1/4 to an inch of precipitaion before the system moves on by Tuesday.
Forecaster say that the converging air masses will result in unstable conditions in some areas and the possibility of dangerous winter storm conditions in the local mountains.
As of Sunday noon, Long Beach and many areas of the South Bay were beginning to see light showers from the approaching system which perched itself overnight and drenching areas of San Luis Obispo County with up to two inches of rain.
The overnight drenching caused a number of mud and rockslides onto roadways around the county which is still cleaning up from December storms. The heaviest of the rains fell in the San Simeon and Big Sur coastal areas according to the NWS.
The Santa Ynez saw more modest rainfall overnight, however the half inch that fell in the area was enough to cause slides the caused havoc on heavily travelled Hwy 154 in the San Marcos Pass just north of Santa Barbara.
Skies should clear on Tuesday as a weak system moves down the coast leaving the small chance of showers Thursday.
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