Storm off Oregon May Bring a Bit of Rain to Southland

There is some more rain on the way, forecasters say, but not a lot of it.

Janice Roth, a meteorologist with WeatherData Inc., which provides forecasts for The Times, said some drizzle this morning should be followed by some showers tonight and Wednesday as a storm system off the coast of Oregon moves into Southern California.

“There should be a few showers in Santa Barbara by Tuesday afternoon and some more in the Los Angeles area by Tuesday night,” she said. “The storm should hang around Wednesday, then move out, with partial clearing on Thursday.

“It’s hard to say just how much rain will fall, but probably not a lot. Maybe .05 of an inch in Los Angeles to as much as a quarter of an inch in the mountains.”

Cool Temperatures

Roth said that while it is still a little early to tell, it looks as if it will be a while before the Southland gets more of the hot, dry, sunny weather experienced earlier this month.

The meteorologist said preliminary forecasts call for variable cloudiness over the weekend, with temperatures remaining on the cool side.

Orange County’s high temperature was 71 degrees in Santa Ana, with an overnight low of 53 degrees in El Toro, where, despite threatening skies, rain gauges measured only a trace of rain in the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Monday.

Relative humidity ranged from 57% to 83%.

Today’s forecast for the metropolitan area calls high temperatures in the low to mid-60s and lows in the low- to mid-50s.