Your SoCal Weather Report For Monday, Feb. 26: Scattered Showers And Winds

Happy Monday! It'll be a slightly cool and wet start to the work week as a Pacific storm system brings scattered showers and mountain snow to the Southland later today through early tomorrow. Rainfall is predicted to begin this afternoon with only about a quarter-inch expected.

Temperatures will be relatively mild, but a bit chilly. Along the coasts temperatures will hover around the mid-to-high 60s, lower temperatures should hit the mid-50s. Meanwhile, the mountains should reach peak highs in the upper 50s, while the low temperatures will vary between the high 30s and the high 40s.

Inland highs will run through the 60s, while the low temperatures should be in the mid-to-lower 50s.

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It'll be a mostly cloudy day, with the best chances for light rain later tonight and into Tuesday. Rain amounts with this system are forecasted to be light, ranging from a few hundredths of an inch in the lowlands to a maximum of a 1/4 to 1/2 inch in some mountain areas.

Looking ahead, a stronger and colder storm system originating from the Gulf of Alaska is expected to arrive in the area Friday through the weekend.

The snow levels will start out at 7,000 feet tonight and lower to 6,000 feet by tomorrow, but forecasters don't expect more than about an inch of snow.

There are wind advisories posted for tonight through Tuesday in the Inland Empire and high desert where you can expect prevailing winds of 25 mph, and gusts up to 45 mph across the desert. In the mountain desert slopes and through the San Gorgonio Pass, winds will vary between 35 and 55 mph.

This day in history

On this day in 1986, the thermometer hit 99 degrees in Palm Springs, the highest temperature on record for February. This also happened the following day.

Things to do

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Check out our full list of things to do this week.