Leslie Lopez’s Weather Discussion – Monday, December 1, 2014

Moderate to heavy rain is on the way for Tuesday. It will start out as light rain for the morning commute, becoming heavier as we get closer to the afternoon and evening.

By Wednesday and Thursday the rain will be lighter and more scattered and finally by Friday we are looking up towards clearer skies.

Rainfall totals will be around 1.00″ – 1.50″ for the coast and inland/valleys areas, and for the foothills and mountains, totals will be around 3″ – 4″. For areas with burn scars, flash flooding is a concern as we saw over the weekend in Malibu.

The reason we are getting these nice rainfall totals from this system is we’re tapping into some subtropical moisture. This air mass from the south is warmer, therefore not cold enough to see snowfall for our local mountains. The snow levels will be around 8,000 feet and above. That is good news for the Sierras, making Tahoe and Mammoth happy.

Get ready for a few days of wet weather. By Saturday, there is another chance for some light showers!

7-day outlook issued by the National Weather Service as of Monday 10:30am:

MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 68 TO 73. LIGHT WINDS.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 56 TO 61. LIGHT WINDS.

TUESDAY – RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 67. LIGHT WINDS.

TUESDAY NIGHT – RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. LOWS 57 TO 63. AREAS OF WINDS SOUTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.

WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 69. LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS 57 TO 63.

THURSDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND 69.

THURSDAY NIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 53 TO 58.

FRIDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 65 TO 70.

FRIDAY NIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOWS 54 TO 59.

SATURDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 66.

SATURDAY NIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 48 TO 57.

SUNDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 65 TO 70.