Wild weather arrived in Southern California Tuesday morning. Rain and snow in some areas will be followed by an afternoon of “life-threatening” winds and dangerous fire conditions.
“This is a rather bizarre forecast,” KTLA Meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said. “I’ve been doing this a long time and haven’t really seen a setup like this with rain and snow in the morning, fog which you would need an absence of winds to get, and then the threat of very windy conditions tonight … We have wind gusts that could be upwards of 100 mph at some of our highest elevation areas.”
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Snow is seen in the San Bernardino Mountains on Jan. 7, 2024. (OnScene.TV) -
A Caltrans camera shows rain on the 15 Freeway in the Inland Empire on Jan. 7, 2024.
The morning started off with snow flurries in the mountains and light showers causing some slick roadways inland.
“We do have some rain out there through the Inland Empire … We also have the chance of bringing some snow down to around 4,000 feet this morning,” Henry said.