Late season storm moving through, April 12th forecast

Our late season storm system will continue to push through the region as we head through Sunday and possibly linger in to early Monday. Expect scattered showers with the chance for isolated thunderstorms which could then produce heavy downpours, strong wind, hail and even waterspouts or tornadoes. The chance for thunder appears to be pretty slim, but any chance means we all need to be vigilant and keep a close eye on the immediate changing forecast. Overnight lows will be in the 50's with a few upper 40's possible. Highs on Sunday will be mostly in the 50's and 60's. Showers could produce between a tenth of an inch up to three quarters of an inch. Again, if thunderstorms occur, rainfall totals could be higher for some areas. We do have one official advisory and that is for the mountains of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties where up to 6 inches of snow could fall above 6000 feet through early Monday.

Looking ahead, scattered showers will be possible through early Monday before direr air rushes in behind the exiting storm system. Temperatures on Monday will start the week on the cool side before warming occurs through the middle of the week and toward the weekend. The Pacific storm track will stay very active with at ;east two more systems approaching the West Coast over the next ten days or so.  Our forecast models keep hinting that the storms will come close, but rain and mountain snow should stay mostly to our north. The first chance will occur about mid week with the following chance occurring over next weekend. We will monitor closely and see if the models show any changes and rainfall comes back in to the extended forecast.

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