After a mild Monday, more storms are approaching Southern California this holiday week

More rainfall and snowfall are expected for Southern California this week, starting arsenic aboriginal arsenic Wednesday day done the vacation weekend, meteorologists said Monday, Dec. 20.

Surfers caput to the h2o astatine Topanga State Beach connected Monday, December 20, 2021. More rainfall is expected this week. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Highs were successful the mid to precocious 60s with wide skies connected Monday, National Weather Service Meteorologist Brandt Maxwell said. Temperatures volition enactment successful that scope Tuesday contempt a increasing unreality cover, with projected highs of 67 degrees successful Fullerton, 68 degrees successful Rancho Cucamonga and 69 degrees successful Van Nuys and Riverside.

“Temperatures won’t driblet precise overmuch done Wednesday, but it mightiness consciousness overmuch colder without the sunshine,” Brandt said.

Two tempest systems were making their mode to the region, with the archetypal tempest expected to bring much rainfall with a imaginable interruption connected Friday, erstwhile the 2nd tempest was expected to statesman soon aft the aforesaid day, meteorologists said. Rain was forecast crossed the Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles counties, with perchance a fewer inches of snowfall successful the mountains.

“Because a batch of this volition beryllium happening done the vacation week, radical conscionable truly request to beryllium cautious traveling,” said Elizabeth Schenk, different NWS meteorologist. “Use other caution erstwhile you’re traveling crossed the area.”

The highest accidental for rainfall during the archetypal strategy is connected Thursday, Schenk said. That storm’s expected to bring three-quarters of an inch to 1.25 inches successful Orange County, with astir the aforesaid magnitude projected for the Inland Empire, with immoderate pockets that could spot a small much rainfall, she said.

The archetypal tempest volition beryllium warmer and snowfall levels volition beryllium astatine astir 8,000 feet, truthful higher elevation areas similar Big Bear could perchance spot up to a half-inch of snowfall done Friday, Schenk said.

The 2nd tempest volition apt bring little rainfall but volition beryllium colder, with a fewer inches of snowfall forecasted for elevations astatine astir 5,000 feet connected Friday and Saturday, Schenk said.

Other areas successful Orange County and the Inland Empire volition apt spot a half-inch to an inch of rainfall done Sunday.

In Los Angeles County, a half-inch to 1.5 inches of rainfall were forecasted from Wednesday done the weekend, said David Sweet, different meteorologist. Mountain areas volition apt spot 1.5 to astir 3 inches of precipitation, helium said.

Gusts of upwind from 50 to 60 mph were forecasted for immoderate areas of the mountains during the storm, Sweet said.