Weather Tuesday evening

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
553 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

2.1 inches of rain have fallen at Keenwild since Sunday night

RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
553 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

.NOW...
POST FRONTAL INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ABOVE 5500 FEET. SOME RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY. PERIODS OF SNOW OR
GRAUPEL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DOWN TO 5000 FEET OR LOWER
DURING HEAVY SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH THROUGH 8 PM.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS
THAN AN INCH. DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE.

THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING MORE HEAVY
RAIN...FLOODING...AND SEVERE WEATHER. THIS WILL FOLLOWED
BY YET ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
...AND FLOODING RAINS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS.

BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
WILL IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET LOCALLY...BUT MOST
OF THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 6000 FEET WHERE
MORE WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED.