Cool autumn storm brings showers to San Diego area

A cold autumn storm introduced widespread rainfall and an opportunity of sunshine, short-lived mountain snow to the San Diego space Tuesday.

The unsettled atmospheric system started delivering showers to the northern reaches of the county at round 8 a.m., in keeping with the Nationwide Climate Service. By late morning, the downpours had unfold to the south, dropping as much as nine-tenths of an inch of moisture alongside the coast, greater than an inch within the inland valleys and practically two inches within the mountains, the NWS reported.

No recorded precipitation had reached the deserts as of shortly earlier than midday.

Some flurries of snow have been potential within the East County highlands, although the dustings of frozen white flakes weren’t anticipated to stay round for lengthy after reaching the bottom, meteorologists mentioned.

The rain will doubtless proceed on and off by the afternoon and in a single day earlier than largely dissipating by noon Wednesday, the NWS suggested.

Cool however dry situations have been anticipated to prevail by the weekend, adopted by an opportunity of extra rain early subsequent week, in keeping with forecasters.