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More Rain on the Way for Southern California

Don't put the umbrellas away just yet. Two storms are coming.

Enjoy today's sunshine, because more rain is on the way this week.

Two storms are headed our way. One will reach our area tomorrow (Wednesday), the other on Friday. 

The most recent storm packed a punch last weekend, drenching the on Sunday, and leaving behind at UCLA, among other places.

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Here is the complete bulletin from the National Weather Service:

A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL SPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK. THE FIRST COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...SPREADING INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG AS OUR PREVIOUS WEEKEND STORM. HOWEVER...MANY COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING FOOTHILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.

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THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BE FAIRLY COLD...WITH SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY AROUND 4000 FEET IN ADVANCE OF THE THE COLD FRONT...LOWERING TO 3500 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE POSTED FOR THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS... WHERE 4 TO 8 OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

AS A RESULT...INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE UPCOMING COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST AND 45 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. SIMILAR RAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM.

WHILE OVERALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE STORM THIS PAST WEEKEND...THESE ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS COULD BRING SOME MINOR URBAN CONCERNS TO THE REGION. IN ADDITION...THE UPCOMING RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THESE TWO STORM SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO BRING A RETURN OF INCREASED WATER FLOW TO LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS.

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