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| SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS -THE INLAND EMPIRE National Weather Service - San Diego, CA |
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTSan Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys -The Inland Empire |
| Issued - February 6 2012 1:15 pm PST Update - February 6, 2012 6:56pm PST Expires - February 7 5:15pm PST |
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 115 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...WET WEATHER RETURNS TO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING... A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY ACROSS COASTAL ORANGE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN AREAS...BEFORE SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE...WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS REMAINING PRIMARILY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH IN MOST AREAS FROM THE MOUNTAINS WEST TO THE COAST. THE DESERTS WILL RECEIVE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 6000 FEET. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP TO THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL. ROADWAYS COULD BE SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE ONSET OF THE RAIN AND DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR DUE TO OIL BUILDUP ON THE ROADS...AS IT WILL HAVE BEEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST RAIN. SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADWAYS ABOVE 6000 FEET. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. PALMER |
