Southland May Be In for More Rain
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Coastal areas of Southern California began to dry out after the first major storm of the year Monday.
The Arctic air mass dropped 1.12 inches of rain at Los Angeles Civic Center and the National Weather Service said there was still a chance of more showers tonight and Wednesday morning.
After that, forecasters said, skies should remain fair for the rest of the week.
By late afternoon Monday, more than a foot of snow had blanketed ski slopes in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains, and resort operators said they were swamped with reservation calls.
“We missed Thanksgiving and we missed Christmas and we missed New Year’s,” Big Bear resort spokeswoman Jeanne Haskins said. “But the rest of the year is beginning to look like a winner.”
High at Los Angeles Civic Center on Monday was 62, and forecasters said it should be about the same today.
The storm brought Los Angeles’ seasonal rainfall total to 5.11 inches, .20 of an inch above normal to date.
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