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The latest storm brought a significant amount of rain to the Santa Clarita Valley and snow to the mountains, with the National Weather Service reporting some impressive totals.
Just within the Santa Clarita Valley almost every area received more than 0.75 inches of rain Thursday.
Here are the rainfall totals recorded in inches for different locations in the Santa Clarita Valley:
- Newhall: 1.46 inches
- Del Valle: 1.21 inches
- Castaic Junction: 0.90 inches
- Saugus: 0.79 inches
- Castaic: 0.73 inches
- Acton: 0.94 inches
Newhall saw the highest recorded rainfall at 1.46 inches, while Castaic received the least at 0.73 inches.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles tweeted on Friday morning, “Expect wet slippery roads for the morning and afternoon commutes today,” asking everyone driving to take their time out there.
The storm brought much-needed rain, benefiting local water supplies and helping to alleviate dry conditions, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System.
Local mountains also received snow with the last storm.
While snow fell throughout the Grapevine, the California Highway Patrol did not have to close the 5 Freeway.
Dry and warmer weather is expected over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Meteorologists say temperatures are set to drop early next week with a chance of showers between Monday and Tuesday.
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Where exactly is Del Valle (the location) as listed in this rainfall report?
126/Chiquita Canyon Rd.
Del Valle is a Los Angeles County Fire Department facility/base/training campus in Val Verde, on Chiquito Canyon Road. It is immediately west of the former dump.
The facility includes disaster props, a 1/4 mile freeway plumbed with gasoline, HazMat City, concrete multi-floor burn building, etc.
Heavy equipment, a heli-pad with water tanks, EQ ruble fields for training search and rescue people & dogs.
A small section is a fenced automated weather station that feeds into the National Weather Service.
The data can be seen here: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.4728&lon=-118.6493