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Local Mountains Expected to Get Snow This Week While it Rains Here

Two cold, winter-like rainstorms are expected to blow in this week.

Rain and snow are expected in the mountains and hillsides in Southern California this week, as winter makes an early return to the local weather scene.

The very-highest mountaintops will get a dusting of snow Tuesday night above 7,000 feet - far above the elevations traversed by major roads, a National Weather Service forecaster said.

``Some of those hillsides that face the incoming clouds will get a lot of rain, in a range of 1 to 2 inches, before this is over,'' said forecaster Rich Thompson at the NWS station in Oxnard.

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Daytime high temperatures may be 30 degrees below normal seasonal levels after the jet stream starts blowing the first of two cold, winter-style Pacific weather systems into the area on Tuesday. The first storm is weak, the
second looks strong, he said.

After scattered drizzle or light rain douse the area on Tuesday, heavy rain and strong winds are likely Wednesday, with gusts up to 50 mph possible in some mountain locations.

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In Seal Beach and Los Alamitos, there will be a 40 percent chance of rain Tuesday with a high of 71 degrees. By Wednesday, the high is expected to be 62 degrees with a 70 percent chance of rain Wednesday night.

Fair weather is expected to return by Friday.


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