Santa Clarita Residents are encouraged to enjoy the snowfall while they can, as warmer weather is expected to sweep into Santa Clarita over the next week, bringing with it another bout of rainfall, said officials.
The view of the snowy mountains from Old Town Newhall
The warmer rain is likely to contribute to the snowmelt, rather than to add a fresh dusting of snow to the mountains surrounding Santa Clarita, said officials from the National Weather Service (NWS) on Sunday.
Temperatures are expected to warm to reach highs in the mid-50s to around 60 degrees, a welcome reprieve from recent colder days, according to the NWS.
Rain is expected to return Tuesday night, remaining through the rest of Wednesday. After a slight reprieve on Thursday, rain is again expected to return on Friday and Saturday with a 50 percent chance of precipitation, according to officials.
The rain is a result of a new storm sweeping into the region from the west, supercharged by an atmospheric river of subtropical moisture — long plumes of water vapor that can pour over from the Pacific Ocean through California, according to the NWS. The heaviest rain is expected to hit the entire Los Angeles region between Tuesday and Saturday.
As of December 1, Santa Clarita had accumulated nearly 2 inches of rainfall, according to the NWS.
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