A late season storm will begin to affect us Friday as we have a 30% chance of rain here in the valley. As quoted from the National Weather Service:

THIS STORM HAS ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO WORK WITH…SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN ABSENT WITH MOST OF OUR WINTER STORMS THIS YEAR. RAIN COULD
START AS EARLY AS FRIDAY MORNING IN ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES…THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY AND REACH SAN
DIEGO COUNTY IN THE AFTERNOON.

BARRING A COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF THIS STORM…IT SHOULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT RAINMAKER. SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE
LIKELY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DYNAMICS AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND
BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

RAIN AMOUNTS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM ONE THIRD TO TWO
THIRDS OF AN INCH. A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED IN THE
DESERTS. HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE AN
INCH IS FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET. STRONG LOW LEVEL
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES
ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. THESE HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR
MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE RECENT BURN AREAS…NAMELY…THE WINDY
RIDGE FIRE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THE LAS FLORES FIRE ON THE NORTH
SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.

THE LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE
RAIN WILL TURN TO SHOWERS AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES. SNOW LEVELS
WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 5500 FEET FRIDAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES
ON ACCUMULATION AT THE RESORT LEVELS.

We need this rain! We are on track for the driest year on record. Most of Southern California is in a severe drought. It took until April, but we’ll take it! We will see if this storm pans out.