After an all-too-brief respite, Southern California is as soon as once more being hit with a winter storm.

At the moment’s climate isn’t anticipated to match final month’s deluge, however some pockets of heavy rain are anticipated to final into Sunday. That’s not excellent news for already saturated hillsides.

The chilly storm was forecast to carry “regular mild to regionally reasonable rain and mountain snow to the realm,” the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned. Sturdy winds from the southwest are anticipated by Sunday.

There is also “remoted and temporary bursts of heavy rain possible by Saturday evening,” primarily within the foothills and coastal slopes, the climate service workplace in Oxnard mentioned. Mudslides, rockslides and ongoing land motion in latest landslide areas are all attainable.

For the weekend storm, downtown L.A. may get 0.6 inches of rain. Meteorologists mentioned there’s a 15% to twenty% likelihood of 1 inch of snow falling on the Grapevine part of Interstate 5.

When issues finish someday on Sunday, it’s solely a short respite. Rain and snow may very well be again Tuesday and Wednesday.