Southern California Daily Snow
By Mike Korotkin, Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago February 7, 2023
Weak System Possible...
Summary
Mostly sunny and mild weather will dominate our week. There's a chance we could see some flakes fly over the weekend but nothing significant is expected. Next week could feature another weak storm or 2 but nothing major yet on the horizon.
Short Term Forecast
Tuesday - Friday
You can see below on the GFS Ensemble Mean that our weather most of this week will be dominated by a ridge of high pressure.
That means warmer temps in the upper 30's and even mid 40's throughout the week with limited winds. IT should be a pretty nice week for being outside with mild temps, a lack of clouds, and light winds. Get out there and enjoy it!
The Weekend
While I'm not expecting much out of the potential weak system over the weekend there is a chance we could see a few snow showers. The timing could be Saturday evening into Sunday morning.
You can see amounts are very low on the WPC model below...
Temps should be much colder over the weekend with highs in the low 30's and low's in the 20's with more wind expected as well. I'll provide more details as we get closer but I figure it's worth mentioning now that we could see more active weather over the weekend.
Extended Forecast
As you can see on the European Ensemble runs they show the Saturday night into Monday morning time period as one with decent precip chances as most runs are catching onto something. There's another period of storminess that could come Tuesday, February 14th through Wednesday the 15th of the following week.
Overall though the GFS Ensemble Mean shows very limited precip making it to our neck of the woods by next Friday, February 17th.
The pattern is favoring the Pacific Northwest and Central part of the CONUS. This is not unlike a more typical La Nina pattern that we were expecting a good part of the season.
I'll keep you posted on when I think we'll see a better storm show up for us!
Till the next one... Mike out.
About Our Forecaster
Mike Korotkin
Meteorologist
Mike graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s in Atmospheric Science and received his Masters in Atmospheric Science at the University of Nevada Reno. He grew up in Southern California by the beach, but quickly realized he loved the mountains, so his first memories were of the SoCal mountains where he saw snow for the first time. He started skiing in his 20’s and is now an avid skier and backpacker at locations up and down the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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