The most recent storm activity, which whipped the inland region Monday and Tuesday, unloaded heavy downpours and forced multiple road closures due to flooding in unincorporated communities. The first official day of spring is Monday. There will also be strong west winds with this storm over the mountains and deserts, with peak gusts 40 to 50 mph.” “Above 7,000 feet, two to three feet is possible. “Preliminary forecast snow totals are, three to six inches from 4,000- 5,000 feet, six to 10 inches from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, 10-18 inches from 6,000-7,000 feet,” the NWS said. “Snow levels will start out around 6,500 to 7,000 feet Monday night, lowering to 5,000 feet by Tuesday afternoon, then further dropping to 4,000- 4,500 feet by Wednesday morning.”Īlthough the mountain areas within Riverside County, including along Highway 243 through Idyllwild-Pine Cove, are passable despite the heavy snowfall of the past month, hamlets and enclaves in and around the San Bernardino National Forest north of the San Gorgonio Pass remain buried, and residents there were bracing for the next round of winter weather. “Snow levels Monday night through Tuesday morning will be quite high, as the warm atmospheric river moisture moves through,” the Weather Service stated.
Meteorologists said that the early stage of the “significant storm system” will be in the predawn hours Monday, followed by deeper cells and heavier precipitation going into Monday night and continuing all of Tuesday, fragmenting by Wednesday morning. “(Forecast models) are in agreement with the timing … of rainfall associated with the atmospheric river moisture,” the NWS said in a statement. The agency said that back-to-back troughs of low pressure will push into the region from the Pacific Northwest beginning Sunday night, casting precipitation across Riverside County over two days. RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Spring will arrive with more rainfall and considerable snowfall throughout the Inland Empire, the National Weather Service said Friday.
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