A series of storm systems comes just as Valentine’s Day weekend wraps up, ushering in widespread heavy rain in Southern California on Monday, Feb. 16, as wet weather and chillier temperatures could shape much of the coming week.
And if you’re headed up north, there’s no reprieve for you as the Bay Area is also expecting plentiful rain.
The wet weather follows a stretch of elevated temperatures for Southern California — several degrees higher than normally observed this time of year. For most people, the “main threat period” is Feb. 16, said David Houk, AccuWeather, senior meteorologist and western expert. Although it’s a bit farther out, some models suggest another system coming Thursday that could bring rain again, meaning Southern Californians aren’t “out of the woods yet” later next week, according to Houk.
Is it going to rain tomorrow? Valentine’s Day forecast for LA, SoCal
Good news if your Valentine’s Day plans involve the outdoors. It’s supposed to remain dry throughout Southern California on Saturday, Feb. 14, according to National Weather Service offices that serve swaths of the region.
When is it supposed to rain Monday? See timing from Ventura County to San Diego County
It’s the first storm system that we can expect the most widespread heavy rain, according to Houk. For those Ventura County, that rain is forecasted to begin the night of Sunday Feb. 15. The Los Angeles metro will likely see that rain come much later Sunday or first thing Monday, Feb. 16, and midday Monday farther south in San Diego, Houk said…