Rain Storm Drops 1.26 Inches in Westwood

Partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures are forecast this week in the wake of yesterday's storm, the first to strike the Southland this spring.

The National Weather Service recorded rainfall totals of 1.26 inches at UCLA. Bel Air had 1.65 inches of rain and 2.01 inches were recorded at the Hollywood Reservoir.

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Malibu and the Conejo and Santa Clarita valleys appeared to bear the brunt of the storm. Rockslides were reported on Mulholland Highway above Malibu, and some ramps and freeway lanes were flooding along the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway near Canyon Country.

Utility crews worked overnight to restore power to more than 15,000 customers affected by outages in Alhambra, Beaumont, Montebello, Santa Clara, Simi Valley, Oxnard, Long Beach, Signal Hill, Redondo Beach, Inglewood, Buena Park, Cypress, Fullerton, Fountain Valley, Crestline and Rialto.

"Rainfall rates over Malibu were around one half inch per hour," the NWS office in Oxnard said. It predicted widespread ponding and intersection flooding as the band of rain moved east into Los Angeles.

Snow was reported on Interstate 5 over the Grapevine at midafternoon, but CHP officers said it was not sticking and the key freeway link remained open—if sodden. Several spinouts and minor crashes were reported along the freeway.

The seasonal rainfall total dating from July 1 is 5.98 inches, about 45 percent of normal for this time of year, which is 13.29 inches, Bruno said.

"Hopefully, we'll make up for some of that today," he said. "But as far as the season goes, it's not looking great."

Los Angeles typically gets about 15 inches of rain per year, most of it December-March.

With the storm hovering above Nevada, milder weather will return to Los Angeles. In Westwood and Century City, daytimes highs will range from the low- to mid- 60s.

"It will be sunnier and a little warmer Tuesday and cloudier and cooler Wednesday," forecasters said. "Marine layer clouds will return for Thursday and Friday along with a slight warming trend."

— This report was compiled with information from City News Service.