Sunny skies arrive midweek after light rain falls in Southern California – Orange County Register

Light rain fell in Los Angeles County and in higher-altitude Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties on Monday, January 17, ahead of a warming trend that will lift temperatures about 10 degrees by mid-year 70 through most of the region starting Wednesday.

The National Weather Service pegged the chance of rain Tuesday night at 30% to 50%. There is then no rain forecast for at least Sunday, with cloud cover giving way to sunny skies Wednesday afternoon.

In the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. Monday, downtown LA experienced the region’s highest rainfall of 0.17 inches.

Leo Carrillo State Beach absorbed 0.11, Northridge absorbed 0.09 inches and Pasadena absorbed 0.07 inches. The peak of Santiago in Orange County received 0.16 inches, while the San Timoteo Landfill station in San Bernardino County received 0.15 inches and the Moreno Valley-Clark station reported 0.12 inches.

The weather was better than the storm that is hitting Southern California on this day in 1993, when it rained from January 2 to January 19, the weather service said. The storm resulted in widespread flooding in Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. In Murrieta, nearly 500 people were trapped or had to be evacuated. The weather agency said a weak tornado hit Lake Forest, causing minor damage to 31 homes and uprooting some trees.