Pacific Storm System Spatters Southland With Rain

A Pacific storm system passing through Southern California dropped a little more rain here and there Sunday, but forecasters said the sun should break through the clouds for awhile today--before another weather system comes in.

High temperature at Los Angeles Civic Center on Sunday was 62 degrees, with relative humidity ranging from 55% to 86%, and the National Weather Service said only .01 of an inch of rain had fallen there during the day.

That brought the total for the season to 6.16 inches--nearly five inches less than the 10.92 inches that had fallen by this time in 1986, and 3.65 inches below the amount that would be statistically normal by this time of year.

It wasn’t much wetter anyplace else: Santa Barbara reported .18 by late afternoon, while Mt. Laguna and El Cajon had .12, La Mesa and Ramona had .11, Point Mugu and Lemon Grove had .09, Woodland Hills had .08, Mt. Wilson and Santa Monica had .07, Northridge had .06 and Newport Beach had .05.

Forecasters said the coolness and moisture of the air mass behind Sunday’s cold front could cause dense fog in the valleys and along the coast overnight. The fog was expected to clear, however, well before noon today.