Storm totals & what's next: Almost 7 ft of snow & SoCal flooding

Weather is slowly starting to improve across Southern California. Storm totals are impressive. So, let’s review everything that happened overnight and see what’s expected this Sunday and start the week. (hint, hint.. more storms are on the way).

Blizzard warnings continue to be in effect across the Sierra Nevada, and Southern California awaits a series of weaker storms that will continue to bring mountain snow and heavy rains which will keep the flooding risk latent. The risk for active weather increases starting Sunday evening for many across Southern California.

Southwest California woke up to frost as temperatures dropped close to 32 degrees overnight. Temperatures are forecast to stay above freezing across coast areas for this upcoming week, but the rain will stay put. Highs will not have many variations ranging between 55 and 58 in areas like Santa Monica and very similar to Los Angeles. Low maximum temperatures will come close to records on Sunday afternoon in Oxnard where the record high is 55 (1996) and the forecast is 56 F. In Riverside, the high is forecast to reach 51 coming close to the record of 50 F established in 1937.

Some roads, especially along mountains continue to be closed on Sunday. The rain came hard on Friday and Saturday and the snow has closed many roads which are still in the process of being cleaned.

In the last 5 days, storm totals have been impressive! In Mountain High, at an elevation between 6600 and 8,000 feet, a total of 6.75 feet of snow fell. Bear Mountain summit, 7,100 feet high, a total of 4.75 feet of snow was recorded. Another popular ski destination for many, Big Bear City, recorded between 26 and 38 inches of snow. (12 inches is 1 foot!)

The Inland Empire region near Fontana, Rialto, and Devore picked up more snow than NYC and Philadelphia. For context, Fontana recorded 1 inch of snow, while Devore picked up 2 inches.

Santa Ana registered a new record of 2.25 inches of rain fell from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. During the same time frame, Newport Beach also hit a new record 2 inches of rain and Anaheim hit 2.39 inches beating the old record of 1.17 inches from 2003.