Holiday travelers warned of dangerous conditions along Grapevine

This story has been updated to reflect the latest weather conditions.

Some of the most dangerous driving conditions caused by this weekend's storms will likely be in and around the Grapevine — and it's happening on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Anyone traveling into or out of Los Angeles along interstate 5 after the holiday weekend could face low visibility, icy road conditions and blowing snow coming over the mountain pass.

Snow could fall as low as 3,500 feet Sunday afternoon, according to Bonnie Bartling, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service.

Bartling says the winds could blow as high as 80 miles per hour in the mountain peaks. 40 to 45 miles per hour gusts are expected in the coast and valley areas.

The mountains and Antelope Valley are under a high wind warning until early Monday. A wind advisory remains in effect for the valleys and coast until 9 p.m. Sunday.

It's all thanks to that wet stuff falling out of the sky. Southern California has received a fair bit of rain this weekend thanks to a storm system out of the Gulf of Alaska.

The rains have come with cooler temperatures and snow.

The cold weather is likely stick around all weekend, with temperatures dipping into the low to mid-60s for most of the valleys and the coast, and into the upper 50s in a few spots.

"This is a very cold system that's going through for the next couple days," Bartling tells KPCC.

Between a quarter-inch and three-quarters of an inch of rain was forecast, with possibly more than an inch in the foothills. Bartling also says we can expect three to six inches of snow above 5,000 feet.

The forecast calls for light, scattered showers and strong winds throughout Sunday.