Rain showers are forecast across the Inland Empire for the approaching Halloween weekend, though the precipitation is not expected to be intense.
The National Weather Service said Monday that a lowering jet stream will drag moisture from a system currently in the Pacific Northwest into the region by Friday, with rainfall beginning in earnest sometime Friday night or Saturday morning and continuing periodically into Sunday night.
“The chance for measurable rainfall will increase each day, with chances for greater amounts increasing during the weekend,” the NWS said in a statement. “For Saturday morning through Sunday night, the chance of 1 inch or more of rainfall for the coast to the mountains is greater than 40%.”…