Rain Moves In, Surf Advisory for All O.C. Beaches

A cutoff low-pressure system swept across the Southland overnight, providing a good drenching and pushing rainfall totals well beyond the norm for this time of year.

Steady rain fell after midnight, with reportedly as much as an inch falling in some spots, though overnight totals were not available from the National Weather Service.

Showers are possible through the day as the storm moves over the mountains and eastward. Clearing skies and highs in the 60s are forecast. The winds will be out of the southeast and east at 10-15 mph, with gusts to about 20 mph.

By nightfall, the chance of rain will have fallen to 20 percent. Sunday should be dry and partly cloudy, with highs in the 60s.

From 3-6 inches of snow was expected at elevations greater than 5,500 feet. Gusty east to southeasterly winds at 20-30 mph may reduce visibility to about a quarter-mile in places, with snow falling as low as about 4,500 feet on interior slopes and tapering off later in the day.

The Grapevine section of Interstate 5 got a dusting of snow overnight, but the freeway remained open.

At the beaches, a west-northwest swell may produce breakers of about 5 feet or more, and water temperatures will be in the low 60s. An NWS high surf advisory is in effect for Orange County beaches, where waves could be 7 feet or more, through 10 p.m.