Showers May Arrive Sunday

Forecasters say cool, unsettled conditions will bring the chance of a few rain and snow showers in Southern California toward the end of this weekend.

The National Weather Service originally thought it might be the biggest storm of the year, but wind shifts now mean most of the precipitation probably will pass to the north and east.

“It’s the same old story this winter,” said Bill Hoffer, a weather service meteorologist in Oxnard. “Once again, a lot of stuff will hit the High Sierra, but most of it will miss us.”

Hoffer said there’s a 20% chance of rain in the Los Angeles Basin Sunday afternoon, increasing to 40% Sunday night before dropping off to 30% Monday morning.

He said downtown Los Angeles should get a quarter inch to half an inch of rain “at the most,” with up to twice that much in the foothills, before the storm moves east Monday afternoon.

Several inches of snow are expected above 4,000 feet.

Skies should remain partly cloudy for most of next week, but no more rain is expected. Temperatures will be a little cooler than normal in the coastal and intermediate valleys, with daytime highs in the mid-60s following overnight lows in the 40s.

At the Civic Center downtown, total rainfall for the year that runs from July 1 through June 30 stood at only 4.10 inches Friday night, less than a third of the normal total for the date of 12.36 inches.