Your SoCal Weather Report For Wednesday, March 6: Rain And Mountain Snow

Good morning SoCal. It's going to be a wet Wednesday so don't forget the umbrella and boots.

In today's forecast, temperatures have dropped a couple of degrees as a storm from the Gulf of Alaska has moved in. Highs will be in the low to mid 60s from the coast to inland areas, and up to 73 degrees in Coachella Valley.

You can expect rain later this morning and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, up to half an inch across the coasts, valleys and mountains.

As for that mountain snow, the San Gabriel Mountains could see up to 8 inches of snow at elevations above 6,500 feet and in the San Bernardino mountains expect no more than 5 inches above 6,500 feet. A couple of inches will dust the lower elevations, which could make driving difficult through the mountain passes including highways 2, 18 and 38.

Come tomorrow, it will be mostly sunny and windy in the evening.

This day in history

On this day in 2001 a funnel cloud was observed in Yorba Linda.

Things to do

Take it easy today.

• Writers Bloc: Michele Norris + Lena Waithe: Former All Things Considered host Michele Norris is on stage at Writers Bloc in conversation with actor-writer-director Lena Waithe (The Chi). Norris will talk about her new book, Our Hidden Conversations. The book grew out of The Race Card Project, which asked Americans to talk about their feelings on race in just six words.
• Puppet-Making Workshop: LACMA hosts a Communities Create LA event in Inglewood where kids (and adults too) can make fun (and elaborate!) puppets from brown paper bags.

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